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Date:      Sat, 11 Jan 2003 11:25:33 -0600
From:      Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com>
To:        Alexander Funcke <funcke@nano-system.com>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Why can't I use a number in device names?
Message-ID:  <20030111172533.GA4731@dan.emsphone.com>
In-Reply-To: <20030109234308.GC313@gothis.peppernet.se>
References:  <20030109234308.GC313@gothis.peppernet.se>

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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

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