Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 21 Jul 1997 21:11:24 -0400 | From | James Mastros <> | Subject | Re: fmount system call |
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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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