From owner-freebsd-hackers Sat Jan 11 4:36: 2 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0B08937B401 for ; Sat, 11 Jan 2003 04:36:01 -0800 (PST) Received: from nano-system.com (as3-4-6.far.s.bonet.se [217.215.64.64]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BA0A743EB2 for ; Sat, 11 Jan 2003 04:35:43 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from zaiberd@nano-system.com) Received: (from zaiberd@localhost) by Fri Jan 10 00:43:09 2003nano-system.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) id h09Nh9g07675 for freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org; Fri, 10 Jan 2003 00:43:09 +0100 (CET) Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2003 00:43:09 +0100 From: Alexander Funcke To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Why can't I use a number in device names? Message-ID: <20030109234308.GC313@gothis.peppernet.se> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hi, I can't see why I'm not allowed to use a number in my device name (or at least not when it isn't the last charcter) such as in my case: device scx200_bridge device scx200_gpio This is OK in NetBSD. Is there a good reason why it isn't in FreeBSD? And if not, is a liberalization-patch welcome? /Alexander To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message