Trying to understand Solaris's /devices ....

From: Wilkinson, Alex (alex.wilkinson@dsto.defence.gov.au)
Date: Thu Nov 11 2004 - 19:35:35 EST

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Hi all,

(426)-12.11.2004 FreeBSD-{10:56}-[/dev]->df .
Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Avail Capacity Mounted on
devfs 1 1 0 100% /dev

(426)-12.11.2004 solaris-{10:55}-[/dev]->df .
/ (/dev/vx/dsk/rootvol):34020298 blocks 3741943 files

Now I thought solaris implemented DEVFS in the same fashion as FreeBSD ?

Doesn't solaris have the concept of mounting a 'device filesystem' on /devices ?

Because, I know we use devfsadm(1m) to dynamically manage /dev and /devices on
Solaris but neither mount points refer to a device filesystem, but a 'real'fs.

Can someone give me a quick rundown on the way Solaris manages /devices.

Thanks

- aW
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