Subject: Re: lpt driver and abilities
To: Wolfgang Solfrank <ws@kurt.tools.de>
From: Michael Graff <explorer@flame.org>
List: tech-kern
Date: 08/12/1996 17:05:47
ws@kurt.tools.de (Wolfgang Solfrank) writes:
> While this would be consistent with tape devices, there are the disks that
> get there partition distinguisher added to the tail. One could argue that
> this is precedence enough to allow adding the option letters at the end
> as well as at the front.
Personally, I think the naming scheme sucks all around, but who am I
to go against BSD tradition? ;)
In any case, I agree that the letters should go on the front. Now,
what should I call the one for auto-CR mode? "a" perhaps? "c"?
lpt0
nlpt0
alpt0 clpt0
--Michael