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From: Johannes Erdfelt <johannes@erdfelt.com>
To: James Simmons <jsimmons@transvirtual.com>
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Subject: Re: LANANA: To Pending Device Number Registrants
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On Tue, May 15, 2001, James Simmons <jsimmons@transvirtual.com> wrote:
> > Personally, I'd really like to see /dev/ttyS0 be the first detected serial
> > port on a system, /dev/ttyS1 the second, etc.  Currently there are plenty of
> > different serial hardware with all their own drivers and /dev entries.  For
> > embedded systems with serial consoles, and also across architectures, this
> > is a pain since the filesystem and namely /dev/inittab has to be adjusted
> > for all different types of UARTs.  This is not the case for every different
> > type of NICs and that's a good thing.
> 
> I couldn't agree with you more. It gives me headaches at work. One note,
> their is a except to the eth0 thing. USB to USB networking. It uses usb0,
> etc. I personally which they use eth0.  

USB to USB networking cables aren't ethernet.

There are USB to ethernet adapters and they do appear as eth0.

JE