> This way you can detect new disks, adapter cards, serial ports, etc. any
> time after the system is up. All disks are identified as "/dev/hdiskX",
I bet it will go in as /dev/hdiscX ;-)
(I prefer disk)
But I wish you to not vanish the scheme in which one can also address a
given device by its location. Confer devfs: /dev/discs/disc0 to /dev/ide/bus...
Because I really sometimes wish to address my harddisks, and not some logical crap.
-mirabilos
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