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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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