Messages in this thread |  | | | From | Werner Almesberger <> | | Subject | Re: fmount system call | | Date | Mon, 28 Jul 1997 16:16:21 +0200 (MET DST) | |
Matthias Urlichs wrote:
> The kernel code should be robust enough to _not_ crash, no matter how badly
> broken the hardware or the file structuress on the disk are.
Wishful thinking ;-)
> Side issue: fmount should accept two file descriptors. One for the
> directory, and one for the device.
Yes ! And then user-mount and such can be easily handled outside of the
kernel. In fact, the "normal" mount system call then becomes obsolete
too.
- Werner
--
_________________________________________________________________________
/ Werner Almesberger, DI-LRC,EPFL,CH werner.almesberger@lrc.di.epfl.ch /
/_IN_R_133__Tel_+41_21_693_6621__Fax_+41_21_693_6610_____________________/
|  |