Date: Thu, 07 Mar 2002 09:50:14 -0800 From: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> To: Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Michael Smith <msmith@FreeBSD.org>, hackers@FreeBSD.org, audit@FreeBSD.org, re@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Extending loader(8) for loading kerels/modules split across several disks Message-ID: <3C87A856.E222EDD3@mindspring.com> References: <200203070900.g2790Ha04392@mass.dis.org> <3C8730FC.E88F85B4@FreeBSD.org>
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Maxim Sobolev wrote: > Michael Smith wrote: > > > Please review attached patch, which adds long overdue feature to our > > > loader(8), allowing it to load sequence of files as a single object. > > > > I don't like this. I would much rather see support for 'split' files > > implemented as a stacking filesystem layer like the gzip support, with > > the simple recognition of 'foo.gz.aa' as the first part of a split > > version of 'foo.gz', which in turn is recognised as a compressed version > > of 'foo'. > > I am curious how in this case the layer is going to know how many > parts the file contains? I'm curious how you're going to get the code to execute to do this layering, when it's spread across three floppy images. -- Terry To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-audit" in the body of the message
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