From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 2 Jan 2001 11:53:07 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 2 Jan 2001 11:52:58 -0500 Received: from bretweir.total.net ([154.11.89.176]:58367 "HELO smtp.interlog.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Tue, 2 Jan 2001 11:52:46 -0500 Message-ID: <3A51FF83.E8B5151A@interlog.com> Date: Tue, 02 Jan 2001 11:19:15 -0500 From: Douglas Gilbert X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.72 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.4.0-test13-pre7 i586) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, hpa@zytor.com Subject: Re: devices.txt inconsistency Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org While on this subject, the description of raw devices (char 162) in lk 2.4 is not consistent with current usage. devices.txt contains this: 162 char Raw block device interface 0 = /dev/raw Raw I/O control device 1 = /dev/raw1 First raw I/O device 2 = /dev/raw2 Second raw I/O device ... but something like this would be more accurate: 162 char Raw block device interface 0 = /dev/rawctl Raw I/O control device 1 = /dev/raw/raw1 First raw I/O device 2 = /dev/raw/raw2 Second raw I/O device ... The raw(8) command supplied in RH 6.2 and 7.0 assumes the latter structure. I have already alerted sct and this change may be coming through in one of his patches. Doug Gilbert - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/