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SubjectRe: DEVFS backward compatibility
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acahalan@cs.uml.edu said:
> The /etc/devlink.tab file is used by the devlinks program to create
> these links.

There are even more goings-on there, and my experience with writing Solaris
drivers was painful. The devlinks tab is certainly there, but there are
also some files that the kernel uses (and writes) that can get messed up
and render a system unbootable.

Be careful, for that way lies madness.
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