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 13:00:59 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 2 Jan 2001 13:00:42 -0500 Received: from neon-gw.transmeta.com ([209.10.217.66]:17167 "EHLO neon-gw.transmeta.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 2 Jan 2001 13:00:24 -0500 Message-ID: <3A52100B.93CA6C87@transmeta.com> Date: Tue, 02 Jan 2001 09:29:47 -0800 From: "H. Peter Anvin" Organization: Transmeta Corporation X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.76 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.4.0-test11 i686) X-Accept-Language: en, sv, no, da, es, fr, ja MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Douglas Gilbert CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, hpa@zytor.com, sct@transmeta.com Subject: Re: devices.txt inconsistency In-Reply-To: <3A51FF83.E8B5151A@interlog.com> 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 Douglas Gilbert wrote: > > 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. > The latter is actually better, so I certainly don't mind. sct, should I change it? -hpa -- at work, in private! "Unix gives you enough rope to shoot yourself in the foot." http://www.zytor.com/~hpa/puzzle.txt - 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/