Subject: Re: Gratious rename of ISDN device and interface names
To: Herb Peyerl <hpeyerl@beer.org>
From: Jaromir Dolecek <jdolecek@netbsd.org>
List: current-users
Date: 03/06/2002 19:54:43
Good idea, and I agree with Herb about the ppp/rip interfaces.

Jaromir

Herb Peyerl wrote:
> 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 (???)
> 
> 
> ?
> 


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