From owner-freebsd-hackers Sat Jan 11 9:25:41 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 AC0C137B401 for ; Sat, 11 Jan 2003 09:25:40 -0800 (PST) Received: from dan.emsphone.com (dan.emsphone.com [199.67.51.101]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CECA943F3F for ; Sat, 11 Jan 2003 09:25:39 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dan@dan.emsphone.com) Received: (from dan@localhost) by dan.emsphone.com (8.12.6/8.12.6) id h0BHPXcD022953; Sat, 11 Jan 2003 11:25:33 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from dan) Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2003 11:25:33 -0600 From: Dan Nelson To: Alexander Funcke Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Why can't I use a number in device names? Message-ID: <20030111172533.GA4731@dan.emsphone.com> References: <20030109234308.GC313@gothis.peppernet.se> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030109234308.GC313@gothis.peppernet.se> X-OS: FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT X-message-flag: Outlook Error User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.3i 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 In the last episode (Jan 10), Alexander Funcke said: > 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? It's already allowed, but you need to quote the device name: device "r128drm" device "ifpi2" device "i4b" -- Dan Nelson dnelson@allantgroup.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message