> >  /dev/dk/umass4/sd6/mbr0 
> 
> This sounds very much like the native device naming which devfs under Linux
> used. Wouldn't it be enough for the name to printed to dmesg? The device

I am not sure I completely understand this message.  Are you saying the
approach Linux used is undesirable for us, and if so, why?  And if printing
a line in dmesg would be 'enough', would it also be 'better'?  If so, why?

-Chap