Re: Suggested dual human/binary interface for proc/devfs

[G. Allen Morris III]

>>>Linus Torvalds said:
 > 
 > Exactly. This is the kind of thing that makes devfs worth it. Together
 > with some way of specifying these things for the whole network (I wasn't
 > kidding when I mentioned NIS) it actually gives system administrators
 > something new. And it makes for more than just a regular /dev on a regular
 > filesystem.

This sounds just like autofs to me!  The only difference with /dev is
that you would be creating block or character special files instead of
soft links and  nfs mounts.

 > Imagine devfs together with network block devices - you could quite
 > transparently handle local/non-local disks etc, without the user even
 > knowing. And with the sysadmin being able to change what /dev/hda is
 > without having to even log onto the machine in question..
 > 

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       G. Allen Morris III