Date: Mon, 05 Feb 2001 11:52:59 +0200 From: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za> To: Dima Dorfman <dima@unixfreak.org> Cc: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org>, cvs-all@freebsd.org Subject: Re: mdconfig config file (was: cvs commit: src/sys/i386/conf GENERI C) Message-ID: <65670.981366779@axl.fw.uunet.co.za> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 04 Feb 2001 17:32:20 PST." <20010205013225.A94233E02@bazooka.unixfreak.org>
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On Sun, 04 Feb 2001 17:32:20 PST, Dima Dorfman wrote: > > Makes you wonder whether it's really worth trying to squeeze mdconfig(8) > > into the shoes that mount_*(8) wear so comfortably. > > The plan now is to make a mount_md which will execute mdconfig, > disklabel, newfs, etc. with the correct arguments. So far it's > working out quite nicely. See the thread on -hackers. But it's a kludge, nonetheless. It's not a mount_* program, but it calls itself a mount_* program. Instead, it's an mdconfig, disklabel, newfs and mount wrapper. I think it's counter-intuitive and doesn't fit in with the rest of the mount_* programs. That's what I was getting at in my original message. Ciao, Sheldon. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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