Subject: Re: Gratious rename of ISDN device and interface names
To: Herb Peyerl <hpeyerl@beer.org>
From: Jaromir Dolecek <jdolecek@netbsd.org>
List: current-users
Date: 03/06/2002 19:54:43
Good idea, and I agree with Herb about the ppp/rip interfaces.
Jaromir
Herb Peyerl wrote:
> Martin Husemann <martin@netbsd.org> wrote:
> > I prefer a complete rototill, getting rid of the I4B prefix and cleaning up
> > some names:
> >
> > /dev/i4b -> /dev/isdn # ISDN master device
> > /dev/i4bctl -> /dev/isdnctl # ISDN controll
> > /dev/i4btrc -> /dev/isdntrc # ISDN trace
> > /dev/i4brbch -> /dev/isdnbchan # ISDN B-channel (isdnraw?)
> > /dev/i4btel -> /dev/isdntel # ISDN telephone
> >
> > isp -> ippp # ISDN ppp
> > ipr -> irip # ISDN raw IP (???)
> >
> > Any opinions? Bricks?
>
> No real preference or opinion, but if you're going for consistency,
> then shouldn't you be doing:
>
> isp -> isdnppp # ISDN ppp
> ipr -> isdnrip # ISDN raw IP (???)
>
>
> ?
>
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