> Christian Weisgerber wrote:
> > Steve Kargl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > I haven't heard any screaming yet. Besides, this is -CURRENT.
> > devfs has also abandoned symlinks for 'r' disk devices.
> >
>
> The "r" in tape device names has traditionally meant "r"ewind.
> The "r" in disk names (such as rda0) meant a "r"aw device.
That is incorrect. r is raw in both cases. n is used to
designate non-rewind devices. Please read mtio(4) and sa(4).
non-raw tape devices don't make since... they aren't random
block addressable devices.
> Raw devices (or block devices) were removed from current. The
> rewind and non-rewind tape device names were changed under
> devfs from rsa0 and nrsa0 to sa0 and nsa0, (which IMHO
> violates POLA).
>
> I suspect we'll hear scream when 5.0 is released and early
> adopters start to have their backup scripts die.
>
> --
> Steve
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