Examples for udev-created tape device nodes

If your distribution provides udev, you can use udev to create tape device nodes for you. udev is a utility program that can use the device information in sysfs to create device nodes.

Typically, udev creates device nodes that are based on the device names. Other udev-created device nodes can be based on device bus-IDs. The device name and, therefore, the standard device node of a device can change when Linux® is rebooted. In contrast, the mapping of devices and device nodes that are based on bus-IDs is persistent across reboots. This mapping changes only if you change the bus-IDs of your devices. With these device nodes, udev helps you to reliably address a particular device.