[OpenAFS-devel] Re: on sockets and devices in AFS

Garrett Wollman wollman@csail.mit.edu
Thu, 16 Sep 2010 18:27:20 -0400


<<On Thu, 16 Sep 2010 18:07:45 -0400, Steve Simmons <scs@umich.edu> said:

> No, for physical devices I think both 'least surprise' and
> 'unintended consequences' should mean the attached device is only
> visible on the host it's physically attached to.

Also note that some systems forbid device nodes in any filesystem.

-GAWollman