From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Mar 25 15:57:32 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id PAA22601 for hackers-outgoing; Tue, 25 Mar 1997 15:57:32 -0800 (PST) Received: from ux2.sp.cs.cmu.edu (UX2.SP.CS.CMU.EDU [128.2.198.102]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id PAA22592 for ; Tue, 25 Mar 1997 15:57:26 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost by ux2.sp.cs.cmu.edu id aa05423; 25 Mar 97 18:56 EST To: Terry Lambert cc: thorpej@nas.nasa.gov, joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de, hackers@freebsd.org, port-i386@netbsd.org, darrenr@cyber.com.au From: "Chris G. Demetriou" Subject: Re: dump for MS-DOS partitions. In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 25 Mar 1997 14:58:43 MST." <199703252158.OAA25877@phaeton.artisoft.com> Date: Tue, 25 Mar 1997 18:56:22 -0500 Message-ID: <5420.859334182@ux2.sp.cs.cmu.edu> Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > [ ... what do we prefer ... ] > > If I had my way, it'd look like: > % ls -R /sbin/fs > cd9660 ffs kernfs lfs > mfs msdos nfs null > portal procfs umap union > > /sbin/fs/cd9660: > clri dump fsck fstyp > mount newfs restore umount > > /sbin/fs/ffs: > clri dump fsck fstyp > mount newfs restore umount > > ... > > If I want to add a new FS, I add /sbin/fs/$(NAME) and /lkm/$(NAME)_mod.o > and it all just works. I actually agree; I like this layout better, as well. however, _THAT IS NOT THE POINT_. If the question is "where should utility X go," then the answer is currently obvious: /sbin/${util}_${fsname}. That's the current scheme, which was handed down from Berkeley. The question "should things be reorganized into a better layout" is entirely seperate. The answer may be yes, or it may be no, but I think it's most likely to be "it doesn't matter; it's just not that important." If you'd like to consider this question, please do... but not in _my_ mailbox. 8-) cgd