> I agree that some consolidation and reorganization is
> required for the /dev tree. However, I do believe
> it's important to maintain compatibility.
There is no doubt about the need to support the existing
device naming system. If there are changes, they are going
to be incremental.
>Many
>
> Well, it's not "slightly more than a song"; there's
> the balance sheet
> to consider and that isn't looking rosy. (You'll
> have to buy all shares
> *and* pay off all debts)
Correct. But surely some of the technologies in IRIX could be bought or at
least licensed from the cash-strapped and s
> Hi,
>
> You might want to take a look at JET, which resolves
> these kinds of issues.
>
> http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/content/jet/
Thanks for the info.
lucy
>
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> ve J. Orgeron
> Solaris Systems Engineer
> http://www.opensolaris.org/
>
> I didn't notice anyone saying that /dev/dsk/root
> couldn't exist, it
> just has to exist with the current solution.
Forgot to mention, Devname is adding flexibilities in
managing the logical device name, i.e. /dev names, while keeping
current devfsadm/link generator device naming mechanism
