On Fri, Apr 19, 2002 at 06:39:10PM -0700, Tom Spindler wrote:
> > 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`

To play devil's advocate:

Do typical NetBSD users type ifconfig commands over and over every day?
Do they know how to use their shell history?

Ben