Date: Thu, 4 Jul 1996 15:42:31 +1000 (EST) From: Julian Assange <proff@suburbia.net> To: terry@lambert.org (Terry Lambert) Cc: joelh@gnu.ai.mit.edu, terry@lambert.org, jmb@freefall.freebsd.org, tom@sdf.com, jgreco@brasil.moneng.mei.com, root@friday.keanesea.com, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What is the best way to setup a driver Message-ID: <199607040542.PAA00558@suburbia.net> In-Reply-To: <199607040401.VAA12261@phaeton.artisoft.com> from "Terry Lambert" at Jul 3, 96 09:01:44 pm
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> All file systems will have mount point vnode assignments as a result > of a callback as a result of device probe. > > This means all mount structure will be filled out. > > What will not be filled out is the hierarchy assignment, including > covered vnodes. This is what is filled out by /etc/fstab, if we > don't choose to make fstab "go away" entirely. > > The root file system is identifiable by a preinitialized "last mounted > on" field. This field, and additional metadata from a file on the > file system itself (it works for quotas, after all), or from an > extended superblock, can be used to encode all necessary mount > options. > > The "/etc" directory is not allowed to be other than on the root file > system, by definition. That resolves the symlink problem. This is not clear to me. Can you explain in more detail how this resolves the problem? -- "Of all tyrannies a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies, The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for own good will torment us without end, for they do so with the approval of their own conscience." - C.S. Lewis, _God in the Dock_ +---------------------+--------------------+----------------------------------+ |Julian Assange RSO | PO Box 2031 BARKER | Secret Analytic Guy Union | |proff@suburbia.net | VIC 3122 AUSTRALIA | finger for PGP key hash ID = | |proff@gnu.ai.mit.edu | FAX +61-3-98199066 | 0619737CCC143F6DEA73E27378933690 | +---------------------+--------------------+----------------------------------+
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