From owner-freebsd-current Mon Sep 28 22:50:58 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id WAA18753 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Mon, 28 Sep 1998 22:50:58 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from smtp04.primenet.com (smtp04.primenet.com [206.165.6.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id WAA18738 for ; Mon, 28 Sep 1998 22:50:51 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tlambert@usr08.primenet.com) Received: (from daemon@localhost) by smtp04.primenet.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) id WAA16671; Mon, 28 Sep 1998 22:50:40 -0700 (MST) Received: from usr08.primenet.com(206.165.6.208) via SMTP by smtp04.primenet.com, id smtpd016621; Mon Sep 28 22:50:30 1998 Received: (from tlambert@localhost) by usr08.primenet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id WAA20551; Mon, 28 Sep 1998 22:50:28 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert Message-Id: <199809290550.WAA20551@usr08.primenet.com> Subject: Re: time for some new man pages To: gibbs@narnia.plutotech.com (Justin T. Gibbs) Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1998 05:50:27 +0000 (GMT) Cc: tlambert@primenet.com, current@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <199809290516.XAA16815@narnia.plutotech.com> from "Justin T. Gibbs" at Sep 28, 98 11:16:40 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL25] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > How about we call the new SCSI disk driver "sd" and the new SCSI > > tape driver "st"? > > > > Is there a compelling reason to rename the frigging things? > > Come on Terry. You're on every FreeBSD mailing list, read every > posting, and usually respond to every posting you didn't originate. > You of all people should know that this has been discussed before > and what the rational was. If you don't recall, search the archives > for "CAM FAQ". I couldn't find a "CAM FAQ". I found "a few QandAs about CAM" in the thread "HEADS UP: 6 days to C-DAY": | Why are disks now called "da" and tapes called "sa"? | I now have to change all of my scripts/fstab entries/whatever! | | The names were changed to be more consistent with the | SCSI standards and to better indicate the scope of devices | each driver supports. For example, "direct access" driver supports | memory, optical, and disk devices. | | The impact on system configuration is limited. The system accesses | devices my their major and minor number and, with the exception of | the removal of the od device, these have not been changed. | If it suits you better to call "da" devices by the name "sd", | simply create your device nodes with that name. /dev/MAKEDEV | will continue to support building of nodes by the old names | for some time to come. Is there a *compelling* reason to rename the frigging things? Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message