> 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"?

You've never had to type ifconfig commands over and over, have you?

I dont't relish the thought of having to type
`ifconfig inteletherexpressgigabitwiththe82123chipset up`

`ifconfig -a` lists all your devices, anyway.