Managing dynamic device naming

Managing dynamic device naming

I did never understand why some people doesn't like devfs and why
surprisingly many distros doesn't ship it by default. I've used it extensively for
over four years and it has been very good to me over the years.

I love the newer naming scheme they use where a disk can be addressed
both using its IDE ID and system disk number (under /dev/discs). You can
immideately see what peripherals the system can see (plugged in, working and
with the right driver in the kernel!) in the file system.

Together with LVM I've learned to love it. That way whole volume groups just
show up *using their symbolic names* in /dev, independent of on which port I
plug in the disks (and note: plural)! And now that the first release of EVMS 2
using the 2.5 DM is out, I'm keen to switch over to that system instead as it is
much more flexible.