Date: Mon, 08 Feb 1999 15:41:32 -0800 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: obrien@NUXI.com Cc: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@flood.ping.uio.no>, Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Regarding tcpdump and plip Message-ID: <199902082341.PAA01350@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 08 Feb 1999 15:06:34 PST." <19990208150634.A10137@relay.nuxi.com>
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> > +# Parallel port bus framework with nlpt (printer), plip (network). > > What does ``nlpt'' stand for? If "New LPT" or something similarly > useless, then can't we keep the "lpt" name that is standard across PCs > and just change the usage to: > > device lpt0 at ppbus? > > The number of name changes for devices in FreeBSD is reaching an alarming > rate, messes with POLA, and many are simply gratuitous. As soon as 'lpt' is gone from config's data, yes. You can't have more than one instance of a given name, hence the new name. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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