Re: [Fwd: devices.txt inconsistency]

[Stephen C. Tweedie]

Hi,

On Wed, Jan 03, 2001 at 11:01:05AM -0500, Douglas Gilbert wrote:
> Stephen,
> Did you respond to hpa on this matter?

Not yet, I'm just catching up on festive-season email.  Happy New
Year, all!

> [From the cc address it seems as though you 
> work both for transmeta as well as redhat.]

Nope, unless transmeta and red hat have been negotiating behind my
back. :)  The misdirected email is probably why I didn't spot this
earlier.

> > but something like this would be more accurate:
> > 162 char        Raw block device interface
> >                   0 = /dev/rawctl       Raw I/O control device
> >                   1 = /dev/raw/raw1     First raw I/O device
> >                   2 = /dev/raw/raw2     Second raw I/O device
> >                     ...
> > 
> > The raw(8) command supplied in RH 6.2 and 7.0 assumes the
> > latter structure. I have already alerted sct and this
> > change may be coming through in one of his patches.
> 
> The latter is actually better, so I certainly don't mind.  sct, should I
> change it?

Please do: the current util-linux should be using the new layout.

Cheers,
 Stephen