Subject: Re: Gratious rename of ISDN device and interface names
To: Herb Peyerl <hpeyerl@beer.org>
From: Steven M. Bellovin <smb@research.att.com>
List: current-users
Date: 03/06/2002 09:26:42
In message <200203061422.g26EM5m01992@grok.beer.org>, Herb Peyerl writes:
>Martin Husemann <martin@netbsd.org> wrote:
> > I prefer a complete rototill, getting rid of the I4B prefix and cleaning up
> > some names:
> >
> > /dev/i4b -> /dev/isdn # ISDN master device
> > /dev/i4bctl -> /dev/isdnctl # ISDN controll
> > /dev/i4btrc -> /dev/isdntrc # ISDN trace
> > /dev/i4brbch -> /dev/isdnbchan # ISDN B-channel (isdnraw?)
> > /dev/i4btel -> /dev/isdntel # ISDN telephone
> >
> > isp -> ippp # ISDN ppp
> > ipr -> irip # ISDN raw IP (???)
> >
> > Any opinions? Bricks?
>
>No real preference or opinion, but if you're going for consistency,
>then shouldn't you be doing:
>
> isp -> isdnppp # ISDN ppp
> ipr -> isdnrip # ISDN raw IP (???)
>
>
>?
>
Or /dev/isn/ppp, /dev/idsn/ctl, etc.?
--Steve Bellovin, http://www.research.att.com/~smb
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