From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262621AbTDLAIu (for ); Fri, 11 Apr 2003 20:08:50 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262622AbTDLAIu (for ); Fri, 11 Apr 2003 20:08:50 -0400 Received: from inet-mail2.oracle.com ([148.87.2.202]:15256 "EHLO inet-mail2.oracle.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262621AbTDLAIt (for ); Fri, 11 Apr 2003 20:08:49 -0400 Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2003 17:19:13 -0700 From: Joel Becker To: Greg KH Cc: "Kevin P. Fleming" , linux-hotplug-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, message-bus-list@redhat.com Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] udev 0.1 release Message-ID: <20030412001913.GG4917@ca-server1.us.oracle.com> References: <20030411172011.GA1821@kroah.com> <200304111746.h3BHk9hd001736@81-2-122-30.bradfords.org.uk> <20030411182313.GG25862@wind.cocodriloo.com> <3E970A00.2050204@cox.net> <20030411192827.GC31739@ca-server1.us.oracle.com> <20030411195843.GO1821@kroah.com> <20030411232507.GC4917@ca-server1.us.oracle.com> <20030411233719.GD4539@kroah.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030411233719.GD4539@kroah.com> X-Burt-Line: Trees are cool. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Apr 11, 2003 at 04:37:19PM -0700, Greg KH wrote: > > if [ -f /etc/redhat-release ] > > then > > DISKPREFIX="/dev/disk" > > But all the distros will do that for you :) Oh no they won't. They're just going to fix their own scripts to accept their own scheme. Never mind my own. I want my own scheme, the distro scripts break. I want a script running out of shared NFS? I lose. > Then try to convince LSB to add a device naming document to their spec. > That's the only way this is going to happen... LSB isn't even followed now. What we need is a naming czar. As you point out, Good Luck. Linux devices are going to stop sucking from one perspective and start sucking from another. Yay. Joel -- "Can any of you seriously say the Bill of Rights could get through Congress today? It wouldn't even get out of committee." - F. Lee Bailey Joel Becker Senior Member of Technical Staff Oracle Corporation E-mail: joel.becker@oracle.com Phone: (650) 506-8127