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Subject: Re: mdconfig config file (was: cvs commit: src/sys/i386/conf GENERI
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On  2 Feb, Matt Dillon wrote:
=    It doesn't make sense to pollute 'mdconfig' with functions that we already
=    have an API available to perform.  An API called 'mount'.
= 
=    Why not write a 'mount_md' program to do all the magic based on fstab
=    options, similar to what mount_mfs used to do for MFS?  A 'mount_md' 
=    would give us instant integration into existing kernel mechanisms,
=    including startup (/etc/rc) mechanisms.

Why wouldn't this new program be called mount_mfs? Or am I wrong
assuming md is to phase mfs out?

	-mi



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