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.?

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