Re: [PATCH] 2.5.18 IDE 73

Alan Cox
2002-05-30T15:10:26Z

On Thu, 2002-05-30 at 14:54, Martin Dalecki wrote:
> I don't use and don't care about devfs - it's a misconception in my opinnion.

Yes but there are lots of other opinions. And it was just one of several
examples of why you were proposing something utterly bogus

> And last but not least: some devices which should be viewd as "same type"
> are hooked up to different major numbers instead of sharing them.
> Most prominent here are the differences between SCSI disks and ATA disks
> for example. From a technical point of view they don't make *any* sense.

Linus has explicitly stated he wants to do this and make all disks
appear the same and the same place. It actually makes lots of sense.