Date: Fri, 02 Feb 2001 12:31:56 -0800 From: Dima Dorfman <dima@unixfreak.org> To: Matt Dillon <dillon@earth.backplane.com> Cc: mi@aldan.algebra.com, deischen@FreeBSD.org, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: mdconfig config file (was: cvs commit: src/sys/i386/conf GENERI C) Message-ID: <20010202203201.9DC693E02@bazooka.unixfreak.org> In-Reply-To: Message from Matt Dillon <dillon@earth.backplane.com> of "Fri, 02 Feb 2001 10:49:53 PST." <200102021849.f12Inri90700@earth.backplane.com>
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> := 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. > : <snip> > > (this whole thing is predicated on someone writing a mount_md wrapper > for MD that mimics the options mount_mfs accepts, for compatibility). I'll do it. Would it be safe to assume that it's acceptable to write a C program to parse the arguments, build command lines to appropriately invoke disklabel, newfs, maybe tunefs, and mount, then call system(3) to execute them? Dima Dorfman dima@unixfreak.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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