Wilkinson, Alex wrote:
> 0n Thu, May 22, 2008 at 05:46:26PM -0600, Chris Horne wrote:
...
> >MPxIO helps reduce public namespace overhead since all paths to a
> >device show up under a single public name.
>
> What is meant by a "public namespace" ?
In addition to Chris' reply, "private" means "do not depend
on things staying the same, we reserve the right to change
it, in a potentially incompatible manner, at any time".
From the devices(4) manpage::
=================================================================
NOTES
Files in this directory do not constitute an API. Files
might not exist or might have a different content or
interpretation in a future release. The existence of this
notice does not imply that any other documentation that
lacks this notice constitutes an API.
=================================================================
That's why we've got libraries such as libdevinfo, for instance,
to provide an interface that you can depend on.
James C. McPherson
--
Senior Kernel Software Engineer, Solaris
Sun Microsystems
http://blogs.sun.com/jmcp http://www.jmcp.homeunix.com/blog
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