From owner-freebsd-current Fri Mar 22 09:35:44 1996 Return-Path: owner-current Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id JAA17415 for current-outgoing; Fri, 22 Mar 1996 09:35:44 -0800 (PST) Received: from main.statsci.com (main.statsci.com [198.145.127.110]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id JAA17407 for ; Fri, 22 Mar 1996 09:35:41 -0800 (PST) Received: from statsci.com by main.statsci.com with smtp (Smail3.1.29.1 #3) id m0u0Ak4-000r3uC; Fri, 22 Mar 96 09:35 PST Message-Id: To: Bruce Evans cc: phk@critter.tfs.com, current@FreeBSD.org, julian@ref.tfs.com, scrappy@ki.net Subject: Re: PATCH: small, syntax changes for devfs In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 22 Mar 1996 18:16:51 +1100." <199603220716.SAA24449@godzilla.zeta.org.au> Reply-to: scott@statsci.com Date: Fri, 22 Mar 1996 09:35:10 -0800 From: Scott Blachowicz Sender: owner-current@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Bruce Evans wrote: > wd0s1 is there, and opening it would reveal wd0s1[a-h], but this isn't > much use. Perhaps wd0s1 should be a directory containing [a-h]. I > prefer a flat namespace. Doesn't wd0s1 need to be a device file so you have something to run disklabel against? Scott Blachowicz Ph: 206/283-8802x240 Mathsoft (Data Analysis Products Div) 1700 Westlake Ave N #500 scott@statsci.com Seattle, WA USA 98109 Scott.Blachowicz@seaslug.org