Subject: Terse device names
To: NetBSD/users <netbsd-users@netbsd.org>
From: Iggy Drougge <optimus@canit.se>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 04/19/2002 18:32:37
Why are BSD device names so terse? It isn't very intuitive if your Etherlink
III is called "ep" for no particular reason, and it even leads to naming
conflicts. For example, "ed" is both the name for ESDI disks and a network
controller, IIRC. Wouldn't it be nice if devices were called etherlinkiii
instead of "ep" or etherexpress instead of "xi"?

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