Date: Tue, 21 May 2002 14:16:48 -0700 From: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> To: Robert Watson <rwatson@freebsd.org> Cc: Maxime Henrion <mux@freebsd.org>, arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: a virtual fs to allow root mounting of any fs without special code Message-ID: <3CEAB940.25FC9F7B@mindspring.com> References: <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1020521093109.79313U-100000@fledge.watson.org>
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Robert Watson wrote: > Spiffy. Once the nmount conversion is done, I'd love to have this in the > base system. As we discussed out of band, my only real concern was that > it wasn't quite a "real mount" in the sense that you don't use a 'struct > mount' when bootstrapping. And, as we discussed, that's probably fine for > this limited scenario, from my perspective, although you don't want people > doing "mount -t rootfs foo /mnt" or anything. I'd be interested in > hearing from others if they think the lack of a "heavy weight mount" is a > problem. You need to do exactly what you said you don't want people doing, in order to achieve proper jails that are indistinguishable by way of the root mounts. -- Terry To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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