From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Lee Trager Subject: Re: /dev/sd* Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2006 23:17:42 -0400 Message-ID: <44E3DFD6.4010504@PicturesInMotion.net> References: <1155144599.5729.226.camel@localhost.localdomain> <20060809212124.GC3691@stusta.de> <1155160903.5729.263.camel@localhost.localdomain> <20060809221857.GG3691@stusta.de> <20060810123643.GC25187@boogie.lpds.sztaki.hu> <44DB289A.4060503@garzik.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Return-path: Received: from mta10.srv.hcvlny.cv.net ([167.206.4.205]:34269 "EHLO mta10.srv.hcvlny.cv.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750925AbWHQDRc (ORCPT ); Wed, 16 Aug 2006 23:17:32 -0400 In-reply-to: <44DB289A.4060503@garzik.org> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Jeff Garzik Cc: Gabor Gombas , Adrian Bunk , Alan Cox , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-ide@vger.kernel.org Jeff Garzik wrote: > Gabor Gombas wrote: >> AFAIR long ago Linus said he'd like just one major number (and thus only >> one naming scheme) for every disk in the system; with /dev/sd* we're now >> getting there. > > Yep. /dev/disk is a long term goal :) > > Jeff > > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ide" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > I agree with Adrian, users are going to get confused if their devices are named something different once they switch to this new interface. So if we're going to confusing them why not just take the big leap and switch it over to /dev/disk? It seems to make more sense then to have all IDE and SATA users use /dev/sda for awhile only to down the road have to to switch to /dev/disk.