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Date:      Sun, 29 Jan 2012 23:24:16 +0100
From:      Uffe Jakobsen <uffe@uffe.org>
To:        freebsd-fs@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: kern/164516: [ext2fs] unable to mount EXT2 filesystem
Message-ID:  <4F25C710.6000806@uffe.org>
In-Reply-To: <20120129042647.GJ2726@deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua>
References:  <201201272310.q0RNABvZ065758@freefall.freebsd.org> <20120128004755.GA89980@icarus.home.lan> <4F246CA9.30803@uffe.org> <CADLo83_jMpKK60gu%2BVyejTudGicyHiqbGnP5JBpZ8d20pjndsg@mail.gmail.com> <4F248B44.1090304@uffe.org> <20120129042647.GJ2726@deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua>

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On 2012-01-29 05:26, Kostik Belousov wrote:

> On Sun, Jan 29, 2012 at 12:56:52AM +0100, Uffe Jakobsen wrote:
 >>> Question is if there exists a scenario
 >>> where the requested filesystem type would/could not be found by
 >>> getvfsbyname() ?
 >>>>
>> Anyway - would you accept a patch that checked the fstype using
>> getvfsbyname() before calling nmount() ?
>
> Kernel tries to load the named module if it is not registered in the
> list of know VFSes. Your proposal would break this functionality.

Thanks that was exactly the info I asked for - I had a feeling that 
there was some sort of catch.

I was not aware of that functionality in nmount - it is not mentioned in 
the manpage and I admit that i did not look deep into its source.

Well that settles the question - it is a no go - thx for your answer.

/Uffe







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