Date: Sun, 04 Feb 2001 17:32:20 -0800 From: Dima Dorfman <dima@unixfreak.org> To: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za> Cc: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org>, cvs-all@freebsd.org Subject: Re: mdconfig config file (was: cvs commit: src/sys/i386/conf GENERI C) Message-ID: <20010205013225.A94233E02@bazooka.unixfreak.org> In-Reply-To: Message from Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za> of "Mon, 05 Feb 2001 01:46:38 %2B0200." <49988.981330398@axl.fw.uunet.co.za>
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> > > On Sat, 03 Feb 2001 01:39:48 CST, Mike Meyer wrote: > > > Looking at all the functionality needed, I think it was becase someone > > wanted to avoid exec'ing programs, and putting it all in newfs caused > > the least code duplication. > > Makes you wonder whether it's really worth trying to squeeze mdconfig(8) > into the shoes that mount_*(8) wear so comfortably. The plan now is to make a mount_md which will execute mdconfig, disklabel, newfs, etc. with the correct arguments. So far it's working out quite nicely. See the thread on -hackers. 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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