In Solaris, each disk device is described in three ways, using three distinct naming conventions:
Physical device name Represents the full device pathname in the device information hierarchy.
Instance name Represents the kernel's abbreviation name for every possible device on the system.
Logical device name Used by system administrators with most file system commands to refer to devices
Device Information Commands
Command
Description
prtconf
Displays system configuration information, including the total amount of memory and the device configuration, as described by the system's hierarchy. This useful tool verifies whether a device has been seen by the system.
sysdef
Displays device configuration information, including system hardware, pseudo devices, loadable modules, and selected kernel parameters.
dmesg
Displays system diagnostic messages as well as a list of devices attached to the system since the most recent restart.
format
The formatcommand displays both physical and logical device names for all available disks.
the system administrator can customize the way in which kernel modules are loaded by modifying the /etc/systemfile.
Third-party device drivers are installed as software packages using the pkgadd command. At a minimum, this software includes a device driver and its associated configuration (.conf) file. The .conf file resides in the /kernel/drv directory. Table 1.2 describes the contents of the module subdirectories located in the /kernel directory.
Table 1.2. Kernel Module Subdirectories
Directory
Description
drv/sparcv9
Contains loadable device drivers and pseudo device drivers
exec/sparcv9
Contains modules used to run different types of executable files or shell scripts
fs/sparcv9
Contains file system modules such as ufs, nfs, procfs, and so on
misc/sparcv9
Contains miscellaneous system-related modules such as swapgeneric and usb
sched/sparcv9
Contains operating system schedulers
strmod/sparcv9
Contains System V STREAMS loadable modules (generalized connection between users and device drivers)
sys/sparcv9
Contains loadable system calls such as system semaphore and system accounting operations
1、 Managing File System In Solaris, each disk device is described in three ways, using three distinct naming conventions: Physical device name Represents the full device pathname in