Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 08:59:21 +0100 From: Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> Cc: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: mount options Message-ID: <20010124085920.A2795@roaming.cacheboy.net> In-Reply-To: <200101240047.RAA05442@usr08.primenet.com>; from tlambert@primenet.com on Wed, Jan 24, 2001 at 12:47:25AM %2B0000 References: <20010123130628.A77423@hub.freebsd.org> <200101240047.RAA05442@usr08.primenet.com>
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On Wed, Jan 24, 2001, Terry Lambert wrote: [snip] I'll reply to this snippet now, and the rest later today.. > > For an FS porting project I'm doing, the mount interface needs > > to be able to export the mount options back out to userspace, > > and I'd like to tidy the code up instead of just fudge it for > > my needs. > > The bitmap would be ideal for this. The only arguments which > would not fall into this are the "what you are mounting" and > the "where you are mounting it" arguments, which will have to > be handled seperately, in any case. The trouble is that the mount options aren't always going to be flags which are on or off. They *could* be say, a log device for seperate FS logging. This doesn't fit inside a bitmap, and I'd have to have to hack together a seperate sysctl or something just to get information for this particular FS. Adrian -- Adrian Chadd "Programming is like sex: <adrian@freebsd.org> One mistake and you have to support for a lifetime." -- rec.humor.funny To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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