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On Thu, Aug 14, 2003 at 09:52:25PM +0400, Buckie wrote:
+> BTW, QNX had this for a long time, it's called QNet in there. Allows
+> transparently to mount or use anything in /dev. Even a soundcard!

I think this isn't really hard to implement.

But there are two problems:
1. Device major numbers.
2. Handle network errors.

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