Subject: proposed names

From: [email-masked]
Date: Sun, 05 Apr 92 12:06:17 BST

I read with interest the proposal for device names.  I am unhappy
about two of them:
 
     /dev/{r}wd[C][N][P]
 
where C is [a-z], N is [0-9], and P is [a-z].  It would be better to
have C as [0-9], N as [a-z], and P as [1-xx].  Otherwise we must
change or violate the standard when dealing with more than 26
partitions.  The code in the kernel now deals with up to 60 partitions.
 
     /dev/{r}fd[N][S][D]
 
where N is [0-3], S is [358], and P is [hqld]  It would be better to have
P before S to preserve letter/digit alternation.
 
     -- Owen
     [email-masked]