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    SubjectRe: fmount system call
    At 04:16 PM 7/28/97 +0200, Werner Almesberger wrote:
    >Matthias Urlichs wrote:
    >[...]
    >
    >> 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.
    >
    Is there any way to get a fd to a device (not by the filename that points
    to it, but by a major/minor)? I don't see one, and you would need this to
    mount root.

    >- Werner
    >

    -=- James Mastros

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