Date: Wed, 03 Mar 2004 20:27:44 +0300 From: Roman Kurakin <rik@cronyx.ru> To: Makoto Matsushita <matusita@jp.FreeBSD.org> Cc: imp@bsdimp.com Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/share/man/man4/man4.i386 ct.4 Message-ID: <40461590.6050701@cronyx.ru> In-Reply-To: <20040304015305Q.matusita@jp.FreeBSD.org> References: <4045E5C7.2090700@cronyx.ru> <20040303.234033.41696161.nyan@jp.FreeBSD.org> <4046058E.3090900@cronyx.ru> <20040304015305Q.matusita@jp.FreeBSD.org>
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Makoto Matsushita wrote: >rik> I can't rename it cause ct name is used in Linux and in FreeBSD >rik> as the interface name since 1996. > >I dunno what Linux community did, but 'ct' is a driver for SCSI in >FreeBSD for a long time. Please note that this is FreeBSD, not Linux. > > "ct name is used"..."in FreeBSD as the interface name since 1996" Yes it wasn't in FreeBSD since that time, but a driver for FreeBSD was. >As you know, it often occurs that the driver name of Linux and FreeBSD >is different (e.g., 'fxp' is called 'e100' in Linux); you do not need >to worry that 'ct' in Linux is called 'ctau' or whatever in FreeBSD. > > I am worry about our customers that used to work with Cronyx/Tau as ct in FreeBSD, so I try to keep changes for them as small as possible. BTW majors file has entry about ct driver (major 99) for a long time. >BTW, nyan-san, do you know why there's no manpage for 'ct' SCSI driver? > > If there is no man page for scsi ct why to use this name for Cronyx/Tau that is ct network interface? If there's no manpage for scsi ct yet, I think it would not appear. >And Warner-san, how do you think about this issue? > > Best regards, Roman Kurakin
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