@alwayscurious @sima @sourcejedi That ship sailed decades ago as we had to support device node reuse a long time ago, it was a requirement! But obviously not your requirement :)

You have full control over device node creation in userspace, that's what udev gives you if you want (or any udev-like program). set up a whole different /dev/ with just your naming/numbering scheme. The kernel gives you the interface and the information to do this, why not take advantage of it if you need it?