On Tue, Sep 04, 2007 at 12:50:43PM -0700, Danek Duvall wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 04, 2007 at 02:12:18PM -0500, Norm Jacobs wrote:
> > I can envision a time when we might want to update it to recognize more
> > device types. If we were to break this down to device-type and method, I
> > would change the service name and authorization as follows:
> >
> > svc:/network/device-discovery/printers:snmp
> > solaris.smf.{manage|value}.discovery.printers.snmp
>
> Okay. My only question here, then, is whether the migration from the
> proposed FMRI and authorization strings to these potential future ones is
> painless. Can both FMRIs exist on a system at the same time? I can't
> think of too many network devices at the moment -- only scanners come to
> mind (would storage fall in this category?) -- so maybe it's okay not to
> prepare for them immediately.
Change it now... It'll be much better that way.
I can certainly imagine other devices that one might want to
auto-discover. E.g., SunSPOT-type appliances.
