Date: Wed, 03 Mar 2004 19:19:26 +0300 From: Roman Kurakin <rik@cronyx.ru> To: Takahashi Yoshihiro <nyan@jp.FreeBSD.org> Cc: imp@bsdimp.com Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/share/man/man4/man4.i386 ct.4 Message-ID: <4046058E.3090900@cronyx.ru> In-Reply-To: <20040303.234033.41696161.nyan@jp.FreeBSD.org> References: <200403031323.i23DNINs070351@repoman.freebsd.org> <20040303.222951.74687780.nyan@jp.FreeBSD.org> <4045E5C7.2090700@cronyx.ru> <20040303.234033.41696161.nyan@jp.FreeBSD.org>
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Takahashi Yoshihiro wrote:
>>>This should be ctau.4. We have already the ct driver for WD33C93
>>>based SCSI controller.
>>>
>>>
>>I know about scsi ct. Ctau had name ct for many years before scsi ct was
>>added. I had
>>to change it to ctau after scsi ct was added, but network interface
>>still has name "ct" and
>>many of users will try man ct, not man ctau. ctau.4 will be linked to ct.4
>>
>>
>I think that the name of network interface should be also "ctau". The
>difference confuses users.
>
>
I can't rename it cause ct name is used in Linux and in FreeBSD as the
interface name since 1996.
If I rename interface to ctau it will be more confusing.
>BTW, the scsi ct driver first appeared in 1998. It has been developed
>for NetBSD/pc98.
>
>
ct appeared (on the market) in 1996.
Best regards,
Roman Kurakin
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