[ale] instruction needed

[PBoyington at polyengineering.com (Preston Boyington)]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Geoffrey
> Subject: Re: [ale] instruction needed
> 
> 
> Sean Kilpatrick wrote:
> 
> > 
> > Okay, time for the next lesson:
> > What's a "major/minor device number"?
> 
> It has to do with how the kernel identifies it.  Beyond that, you're 
> getting into some hard core kernel stuff.
> 

speaking of "kernel stuff" the way the linux devices are identified has
changed, correct?  so instead of /dev/hda1 (2, 3, etc.) it's something like
30:01 (don't know for sure).  anyone have a brief pointer (in plain english)
to the differences?

the new kernel is interesting me more and more.  i may upgrade from my
2.2.20 soon...

preston