> This way you can detect new disks, adapter cards, serial ports, etc. any > time after the system is up. All disks are identified as "/dev/hdiskX", I bet it will go in as /dev/hdiscX ;-) (I prefer disk) But I wish you to not vanish the scheme in which one can also address a given device by its location. Confer devfs: /dev/discs/disc0 to /dev/ide/bus... Because I really sometimes wish to address my harddisks, and not some logical crap. -mirabilos -- by telnet - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/