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From: Jeff Roberson <jroberson@chesapeake.net>
To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@phk.freebsd.dk>
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On Tue, 29 Jul 2003, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:

> In message <20030728181050.D14210-100000@mail.chesapeake.net>, Jeff Roberson wr
> ites:
> >On Sun, 27 Jul 2003, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
> >
> >> phk         2003/07/27 13:09:13 PDT
> >>
> >>   FreeBSD src repository
> >>
> >>   Modified files:
> >>     sys/kern             vfs_syscalls.c
> >>   Log:
> >>   Pass the file descriptor index down to vn_open.
> >
> >Why?  Was this discussed on arch?
>
> So that things like /dev/stream /dev/fd/* and similar can use a
> less gruesome hack than today, and so that access to devices from
> userland doesn't have to take the long tour through vnodes.
>

Yes, I see, but this is a pretty horrific layering violation.  I think we
should think of the right way to do this instead of doing another gruesome
hack.  I fear that this is going to snowball out.

Why don't we discuss this more before commiting to a plan.

Cheers,
Jeff