Hello,

Can someone explain to me what the following files in Solaris are used for:

/etc/name_to_major
/etc/name_to_sysnum
/etc/path_to_inst
/etc/driver_aliases
/etc/driver_classes

Thanks!

Zak

Zak wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Can someone explain to me what the following files in Solaris are used for:
>
> /etc/name_to_major
> /etc/name_to_sysnum
> /etc/path_to_inst
There's a man page for that one:


FILES
/etc/path_to_inst

SEE ALSO
add_drv(1M), boot(1M), drvconfig(1M), mknod(1M)

WARNINGS
If the file is removed the system may not be bootable (as it
may rely on information found in this file to find the root,
usr or swap device). If it does successfully boot, it will
regenerate the file, but after rebooting devices may end up
having different minor numbers than they did before, and
special files created via mknod(1M) may refer to different
devices than expected.

For the same reasons, changes should not be made to this
file without careful consideration.


etc.
> /etc/driver_aliases
> /etc/driver_classes
>
> Thanks!
>
> Zak