Re: [DNG] Purpose of an OS: was network device naming (was: What can I do after netman?)

2015-10-04 Thread karl
Steve: > On Sun, 4 Oct 2015 00:08:58 +0200 (CEST) > k...@aspodata.se wrote: > > Hendrik: > > > Hendrik Boom wrote: > > > > Can we agree that ww shouldnn't have to change our configurations > > > > if we do not change anything in the hardware? > > > That would be a

Re: [DNG] Purpose of an OS: was network device naming (was: What can I do after netman?)

2015-10-03 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Sat, Oct 03, 2015 at 08:49:04AM +0100, Simon Hobson wrote: > poitr pogo wrote: > > > > I thought it was stupid for other reasons, but now that you mention it, > > > > > yeah, naming it after the particular slot into which it's plugged in is > > > stupid, and if you take

Re: [DNG] Purpose of an OS: was network device naming (was: What can I do after netman?)

2015-10-03 Thread Simon Hobson
Hendrik Boom wrote: > Can we agree that ww shouldnn't have to change our configurations if we > do not change anything in the hardware? That would be a reasonable base requirement. ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org

Re: [DNG] Purpose of an OS: was network device naming (was: What can I do after netman?)

2015-10-03 Thread Steve Litt
On Sun, 4 Oct 2015 00:08:58 +0200 (CEST) k...@aspodata.se wrote: > Hendrik: > > Hendrik Boom wrote: > > > > > Can we agree that ww shouldnn't have to change our configurations > > > if we do not change anything in the hardware? > > > > That would be a reasonable base

Re: [DNG] Purpose of an OS: was network device naming (was: What can I do after netman?)

2015-10-03 Thread karl
Hendrik: > Hendrik Boom wrote: > > > Can we agree that ww shouldnn't have to change our configurations if we > > do not change anything in the hardware? > > That would be a reasonable base requirement. What if I have say 5 disks /dev/sd[a-e]; if someone accidentally

Re: [DNG] Purpose of an OS: was network device naming (was: What can I do after netman?)

2015-10-03 Thread Simon Hobson
poitr pogo wrote: > > I thought it was stupid for other reasons, but now that you mention it, > > > yeah, naming it after the particular slot into which it's plugged in is > > stupid, and if you take the box apart and move things around, you can > > break your OS. > > > >

Re: [DNG] Purpose of an OS: was network device naming (was: What can I do after netman?)

2015-10-02 Thread poitr pogo
29-09-2015 16:48, "Steve Litt" napisał(a): > > I thought it was stupid for other reasons, but now that you mention it, > yeah, naming it after the particular slot into which it's plugged in is > stupid, and if you take the box apart and move things around, you can >

Re: [DNG] Purpose of an OS: was network device naming (was: What can I do after netman?)

2015-09-29 Thread Simon Hobson
Steve Litt wrote: >> The whole point of having 'an operating system' >> is that it provides an abstract interface userspace software can use >> to interact with the physical components of a different computer >> according to the functions they're supposed to be

Re: [DNG] Purpose of an OS: was network device naming (was: What can I do after netman?)

2015-09-29 Thread Timo Buhrmester
> > The whole point of having 'an operating system' > > is that it provides an abstract interface userspace software can use > > to interact with the physical components of a different computer > > according to the functions they're supposed to be provide, regardless > > of the way this particular

[DNG] Purpose of an OS: was network device naming (was: What can I do after netman?)

2015-09-29 Thread Steve Litt
On Tue, 29 Sep 2015 12:27:32 +0100 Rainer Weikusat wrote: > The whole point of having 'an operating system' > is that it provides an abstract interface userspace software can use > to interact with the physical components of a different computer > according to the