cvs commit: src/share/man/man4/man4.i386 ct.4

Roman Kurakin rik at cronyx.ru
Wed Mar 3 08:20:44 PST 2004


Takahashi Yoshihiro wrote:

>>>This should be ctau.4.  We have already the ct driver for WD33C93
>>>based SCSI controller.
>>>      
>>>
>>I know about scsi ct. Ctau had name ct for many years before scsi ct was 
>>added. I had
>>to change it to ctau after scsi ct was added, but network interface 
>>still has name "ct" and
>>many of users will try man ct, not man ctau. ctau.4 will be linked to ct.4
>>    
>>
>I think that the name of network interface should be also "ctau".  The
>difference confuses users.
>  
>
I can't rename it cause ct name is used in Linux and in FreeBSD as the 
interface name since 1996.
If I rename interface to ctau it will be more confusing.

>BTW, the scsi ct driver first appeared in 1998.  It has been developed
>for NetBSD/pc98.
>  
>
ct appeared (on the market) in 1996.

Best regards,
                      Roman Kurakin





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