What is the use of /etc/path-to-inst file?

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What is the use of /etc/path-to-inst file?..

Answer / stratovarius

This file contains a list of devices(& their physical
addresses) whos modules have been loaded by the kernel.

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What is the use of /etc/path-to-inst file?..

Answer / rk

This file will list devices physical path & its instance.

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What is the use of /etc/path-to-inst file?..

Answer / vishwanath

The /etc/path-to-inst contains instance names, instance
names are the kernel abbreviated names for referring the
device drivers

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What is the use of /etc/path-to-inst file?..

Answer / richa gupta

As mentioned above , this file contains instance names and
physical device name of each device on the solaris system .
This file is read by devfsadmd daemon at the time of system.

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What is the use of /etc/path-to-inst file?..

Answer / venkatesh

For each device, the system records its physical name and instance name
in the /etc/path_to_inst file. These names are used by the kernel to
identify every possible device. This file is read only at boot time.

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