On Tue, 23 Oct 2001 12:54:11 +0200 "KORN Andras" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 21, 2001 at 01:24:08AM +1000, Glenn McGrath wrote: > > > It turns out that even if you compile with devfs, there are places where > > the old style device names are still used (/proc/partitions i think was > > what anoyed me), for me this ruined devfs's elegence. > > Ummm... > I couldn't find anything under /proc that referenced old device names. This > is a 2.4.10-ac7 kernel (but I don't think the stock kernel references old > names either). > I remember now its the file and directory names for ide devices. bug1@scooby:/root$ ls -l /proc/ide total 0 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 0 Oct 24 01:04 drivers lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 8 Oct 24 01:04 hda -> ide0/hda lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 8 Oct 24 01:04 hdc -> ide1/hdc lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 8 Oct 24 01:04 hdd -> ide1/hdd dr-xr-xr-x 3 root root 0 Oct 24 01:04 ide0 dr-xr-xr-x 4 root root 0 Oct 24 01:04 ide1 Whats the point in refering to hda etc when device hda doesnt exist. It mightnt be much but its enough to require mapping in userland between the two drivername types if you want to analyse how linux detected storage devices Glenn -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
