[ On Monday, June 9, 2003 at 13:17:05 (-0700), Bill Studenmund wrote: ]
> Subject: Re: devfs, was single user mode file comparisons
>
> I'd like something better. What we really need is for all our devices to
> have locators. Then we tie the permissions (and names) to the locator.
> That way if the device moves around, you still get the same names and
> permissions. Then you'd pretty much get what we have now, which is a /dev
> that you can rename & change permissions as you see fit.

What do you have in mind, in terms of filesystem objects, to implement
these locators?  Are they like a special type of symlink but where the
target is some generic representation of the 'config' locator?

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