crossbow discuss - Aug 2007 - [clearview-discuss] visualizing devices, links, and interfaces

A revised illustration that incorporates Meem''s earlier recommendations
has been posted on our project page:

  http://opensolaris.org/os/project/clearview/cv-linkif.gif

Aside from showing the interrelationships between the devices, links, 
and interfaces, it also shows how vanity naming might be applied to the 
configuration. The illustration continues to be a work in progress 
(already, some minor errors have been spotted :) ) so feedback is 
certainly welcome.

Cc''ing the Crossbow team in case the figure could be expanded and 
utilized for their purposes.

Raoul

Peter Memishian wrote:
> Folks,
> 
> As Seb mentioned a few posts ago, one of Sun''s illustrators has
put
> together a first cut at some graphics that show how devices, links, and
> interfaces interrelate.  One of the more comprehensive illustrations is:
> 
>    http://opensolaris.org/os/project/clearview/cv-linkif.gif
> 
> I really like how it clarifies the relationships between the various
> layers (hardware, device instances, links, and IP interfaces). 
It''s also
> interesting to think of how this figure could be expanded to accommodate
> the Crossbow concepts :-)
>