Date: Sat, 22 Apr 1995 18:51:46 +1596657 (MET DST) From: Wilko Bulte <wilko@yedi.iaf.nl> To: andreas@knobel.gun.de (Andreas Klemm) Cc: davidg@Root.COM, bde@zeta.org.au, julian@ref.tfs.com, hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: [DEVFS] your opinions sought! Message-ID: <199504221651.SAA00753@yedi.iaf.nl> In-Reply-To: <199504211817.UAA01523@knobel.GUN.de> from "Andreas Klemm" at Apr 21, 95 08:17:01 pm
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> > I agree with Bruce. I would have agreed with Rod, but the simple fact is > > that our /dev directory is getting very large and bloated, and this will only > > get worse. Perhaps /dev/disks/* and /dev/ttys/*, etc, might be a way to > > organize things (in other words, by device class). I prefer to not minimize > > the number of levels as much as possible, while still providing some > > organization. > > If you want to group the devices, so that a listing of /dev > doesn't get too long, why not taking Sun's / SVR4's naming > scheme ? It's something like a standard in the Unix market. > > 6 /dev/sad > 34 /dev/dsk > 0 /dev/fd > 98 /dev/pts > 34 /dev/rdsk It sure makes sense to follow convention. Switching to and from different dialects is a pain we have to face more than enough. I personnally don't like the /devices idea and all the links etc that Solaris uses. Un*x was designed with compact names etc, everyone who needs self explanatory names is probably using the same OS. :-) [del ] > andreas@knobel.gun.de /\/\___ Wiechers & Partner Datentechnik GmbH Wilko _ __________________________________________________________________________ | / o / / _ Wilko Bulte email: wilko@yedi.iaf.nl |/|/ / / /( (_) Private FreeBSD site - Arnhem - The Netherlands --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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