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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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