> 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"?

would you really like so long device names?

i'm seeing you typing


ifconfig etherexpress_on_slot_8_of_2_nd_PCI_bus inet 10.0.0.2/24 up

:)