id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	priority	milestone	component	version	resolution	keywords	cc	field_blocks	field_dependson	field_seealso
327	Convert Device Mapper into Location Service	Jiri Svoboda	Jiri Svoboda	"(Was: Eliminate Device Mapper) Knights, new plan: Devmap will not be eliminated, but converted into a Location Service. Location service functionality consists of two major parts:
  * Look up service by name (naming, white pages)
  * Look up service by type (trading, yellow pages)

Devmap already supports the first part. The tasks required are thus:
  * Rename `devmap` to `loc`, `devfs` to `locfs`
  * Implement `loc` categories, a replacement for `devman` classes
  * Make `loc` categories available through `locfs`
  * Support for easy construction of unique service names

After this is done, `devman` will be updated accordingly:
  * Changes in `devman` to utilise `loc` categories
  * Route connections directly from `loc` to server, not through `devman`
  * Optionally implement `devfs` companion server for `devman` (not necessary)
"	enhancement	closed	major	0.5.0	helenos/srv/devman	mainline	fixed