Nicolas Williams wrote:
> 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.
Was there a closure on this issue?
-Artem
