Re: [ql-users] Re: Q40/Q60 device drivers

[Thierry Godefroy]

On Vendredi 29 Juin 2001 22:49, Robert Newson wrote:

> > > Don't invoke LOGIC here, as I see no logic in your proposal: they are
> > > DIFFERENT devices (one SCSI and one IDE) on DIFFERENT hardware... Even
> > > UNIX uses DIFFERENT device names for SCSI and IDE !
>
> But Unix DOESN'T have to!  It only does so to assist the user; [roughly
> speaking] Unix uses "special files" which are actually pointers to
> device drivers (as defined by the major number of the file) which can
> obviously be named anything you [as root] like.

Major numbers are DIFFERENT for SCSI and IDE drive as they refer to
DIFFERENT device drivers: so your remark is pointless....

Thierry.