[PATCH V2 0/1] nvme: introduce generic per-namespace chardev

Christoph Hellwig hch at lst.de
Wed Apr 7 10:39:23 BST 2021


On Wed, Apr 07, 2021 at 07:36:22AM +0000, Niklas Cassel wrote:
> The SCSI generic devices are named /dev/sgX while the SCSI block devices
> are named /dev/sd*, so the names are more distinct compared to /dev/nvme*
> and /dev/nvme-generic-*.
> 
> A "regular" Linux user who writes /dev/sd<tab> will not see the SCSI
> generic devices, but with the current proposal, if he writes
> /dev/nvme<tab>, he will see the NVMe generic devices.
> 
> I just had a gut feeling that this could cause confusion in the future.
> However, I trust your experience and judgement more than my gut feeling.

Should we call the nodes /dev/ng* ?



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