From owner-freebsd-current Thu Dec 21 09:09:16 1995 Return-Path: owner-current Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id JAA18850 for current-outgoing; Thu, 21 Dec 1995 09:09:16 -0800 (PST) Received: from halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu (halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu [18.26.0.159]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id JAA18844 for ; Thu, 21 Dec 1995 09:09:13 -0800 (PST) Received: by halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu; (5.65/1.1.8.2/19Aug95-0530PM) id AA26246; Thu, 21 Dec 1995 12:09:10 -0500 Date: Thu, 21 Dec 1995 12:09:10 -0500 From: "Garrett A. Wollman" Message-Id: <9512211709.AA26246@halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu> To: Poul-Henning Kamp Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: MOUNT_* constants In-Reply-To: <5081.819548922@critter.tfs.com> References: <199512201636.DAA08865@godzilla.zeta.org.au> <5081.819548922@critter.tfs.com> Sender: owner-current@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk < said: >> Linker sets can't be used to sove problems related to magic numbers in >> the user interface. > Filesystems have a magic number as well. It's intended that said magic number will go away, and all mapping will be dynamic. There is almost no need for them now, except the compatibility cruft in the mount_* programs. -GAWollman -- Garrett A. Wollman | Shashish is simple, it's discreet, it's brief. ... wollman@lcs.mit.edu | Shashish is the bonding of hearts in spite of distance. Opinions not those of| It is a bond more powerful than absence. We like people MIT, LCS, ANA, or NSA| who like Shashish. - Claude McKenzie + Florent Vollant