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Date:      Fri, 2 Feb 2001 13:28:41 -0500 (EST)
From:      mi@aldan.algebra.com
To:        Matt Dillon <dillon@earth.backplane.com>
Cc:        deischen@FreeBSD.org, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: mdconfig config file (was: cvs commit: src/sys/i386/conf GENERI C)
Message-ID:  <200102021828.f12ISgP52359@misha.privatelabs.com>
In-Reply-To: <200102020804.f1284DN53771@earth.backplane.com>

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On  2 Feb, Matt Dillon wrote:
=    It doesn't make sense to pollute 'mdconfig' with functions that we already
=    have an API available to perform.  An API called 'mount'.
= 
=    Why not write a 'mount_md' program to do all the magic based on fstab
=    options, similar to what mount_mfs used to do for MFS?  A 'mount_md' 
=    would give us instant integration into existing kernel mechanisms,
=    including startup (/etc/rc) mechanisms.

Why wouldn't this new program be called mount_mfs? Or am I wrong
assuming md is to phase mfs out?

	-mi



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