Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 29 Jul 1997 04:27:26 -0400 (EDT) | From | The Orb/James Mastros <> | Subject | Re: fmount system call |
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On 29 Jul 1997, Matthias Urlichs wrote:
> James Mastros <abszero@epix.net> writes: > > > 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. > > > We're talking about the userspace<->kernel interface here. Since by > definition, when the kernel mounts root there is no userspace program which > actually calls mount(2) or fmount(2) or whatever, this is no problem. > Ahh... this explans the confusion, I thought we were talking kernel<->kernel and userspace<->kernel... I'll shut up now.
-=- James Mastros
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