Subject: PSARC FastTrack [07/21/2006]: Automount KARCH and PLATFORM variables
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1. Introduction
1.1. Project/Component Working Name:
Automount KARCH and PLATFORM variables
1.2. Name of Document Author/Supplier:
Author: Rainer Orth
1.3 Date of This Document:
14 July, 2006
4. Technical Description
SUMMARY
This is a proposal to add automount(1) variables corresponding to uname
-m and uname -i so every uname(1) option is available in maps.
PROBLEM
On SPARC systems, the ARCH variable in automount(1) maps is fixed as sun4
for backwards compatibilty, similar to the output of arch(1). Therefore,
there's currently no variable representing the output of uname -m
resp. arch -k.
Similarly, there are variables corresponding to every uname(1) option with
the exception of uname -i.
Users who need this information in automount(1) maps are forced to define
variables themselves, e.g. in /etc/default/autofs, which is inconvient
since it must be done locally on every host.
PROPOSED SOLUTION
For completeness' sake there should be predefined variables representing
the missing uname(1) options:
KARCH output of arch -k/uname -m
PLATFORM output of uname -i
The names are chosen to be mnemonic: since ARCH is used for arch(1)
output, KARCH for arch -k output seems natural. PLATFORM is already used
by ld.so.1(1).
A micro/patch binding is requested.
Stability level: Commited.
REFERENCS
materials/automount.1m.diff
6. Resources and Schedule
6.4. Steering Committee requested information
6.4.1. Consolidation C-team Name:
ON
6.5. ARC review type: FastTrack
