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objfs(7fs) [opensolaris man page]

objfs(7FS)							   File Systems 							objfs(7FS)

NAME

       objfs - Kernel object filesystem

DESCRIPTION

       The objfs filesystem describes the state of all modules currently loaded by the kernel. It is mounted during boot at /system/object.

       The  contents of the filesystem are dynamic and reflect the current state of the system. Each module is represented by a directory contain-
       ing a single file, 'object.' The object file is a read only ELF file which contains information about the object loaded in the kernel.

       The kernel may load and unload modules dynamically as the system runs. As a result, applications may observe different  directory  contents
       in  /system/object if they repeatedly rescan the directory. If a module is unloaded, its associated /system/object files disappear from the
       hierarchy and subsequent attempts to open them, or to read files opened before the module unloaded, elicits an error.

FILES

       /system/object	 Mount point for objfs file system

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface Stability	     |Private			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       vfstab(4)

NOTES

       The content of the ELF files is private to the implementation and subject to change without notice.

SunOS 5.11							  30 August 2004							objfs(7FS)

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dev(7FS)							   File Systems 							  dev(7FS)

NAME

       dev - Device name file system

DESCRIPTION

       The  dev  filesystem  manages  the  name  spaces  of devices under the Solaris operating environment. The global zone's instance of the dev
       filesystem is mounted during boot on /dev.

       A subdirectory under /dev may have unique operational semantics. Most of the common device names under /dev are	created  automatically	by
       devfsadm(1M).   Others,	such  as  /dev/pts,  are dynamic and reflect the operational state of the system. You can manually generate device
       names for newly attached hardware by invoking devfsadm(1M) or implicitly, by indirectly causing	a  lookup  or  readdir	operation  in  the
       filesystem to occur.  For example, you can discover a disk that was attached when the system was powered down (and generate a name for that
       device) by invoking format(1M)).

FILES

       /dev    Mount point for the /dev filesystem in the global zone.

SEE ALSO

       devfsadm(1M), format(1M), devfs(7FS)

NOTES

       The global /dev instance cannot be unmounted.

SunOS 5.11							    9 June 2006 							  dev(7FS)
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