> Maybe I phrased the question poorly.  I know I can't nfs mount a
> remote /dev but if I created a /nfs/exportstuff directory and made
> symlinks to the devices I wanted to share, and then machine B nfs
> mounted /nfs/exportstuff on /dev/remdevs could machine B play a wav
> on /dev/remdevs/audio ?

I remember asking about this 15 years ago...  The NFS spec does not
support remote access to devices.  Getting access to streams of bytes
is hard enough....

> I could and probably will do the experiment, unless someone can tell
> me easily that I can't get there from here.

You can't get there from here.  Better go the long way 'round.


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