/dev/dsk/c0t1d3s4
for the partition on SCSI controller 0, SCSI 1, disk on LUN3, partition 4.
I'm a big fan of making linux more like better implementations of
commerical unixen. I hate coming home and going "cd /etc/default" or
"mount /dev/dsk/c0t5d0s0 /zip", and waiting 3 seconds for my brain to
recognise the brain fart ;)
Solaris also has (amongst others):
/dev/cua/ modems
/dev/dsk/ disks (inc. CDROM's)
/dev/fbs/ framebuffer - maybe with GGI coming, use /dev/graph ?
/dev/isdn/ maybe a /dev/net instead ?
/dev/md/ Should this be separate from /dev/dsk ?
/dev/printers/ As someone said, a /dev/misc, or just leave them in /dev ?
/dev/pts/ Anything with a lot of /dev/ entries should be moved out
/dev/rdsk/ Of course, linux has no raw disk ;)
/dev/rmt/ Magnetic tape
/dev/sound/
/dev/term/
It uses /dev/fd for file descriptors (seeing as we have /proc for that,
maybe floppy devices would be better served by /dev/fd). The /devices
AFAIK (correct me if wrong) but solaris doesn't really differenciate
between SCSI and IDE disks. I don't think we should have separate dirs for
SCSI and IDE either. The only real difference being the fact that IDE disk
don't have LUNs - /dev/dsk/c0d1s0 etc. should be fine for IDE.
Coo-eee, but changing the layout of all the devices would break so much
user mode stuff....what do other OSes do ?
Kate
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