On Thu, Jun 04, 2009 at 12:09:53PM +0200, Matus UHLAR - fantomas wrote: > > On Tue, Jun 02, 2009 at 11:55:11PM +0100, James Youngman wrote: > > > > So what did you use instead? I have never had trouble with using > > > > "eth0" or "/dev/eth0" before, so I didn't check if such a file > > > > existed. A network interface is a device which I expect to be > > > > represented under /dev. > > > > > > Not so, at least on Linux. > > On 03.06.09 10:51, lee wrote: > > Well, all devices are supposed to be available under /dev. > > Who told you that? I have never heard of this and I work with linux since > 1997...
I've read that a long time ago. Who told you otherwise? > > > For example, you cannot use open(2) or rename(2) on eth0. > > > > It wouldn't make much sense if you could, would it? > > That's just it. There's no reason to work with them as with files, so > there's no reason to have them on filesystem. They are devices, and you need to be able to specify them. There's no reason not to represent them. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
