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Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 11:59:43 +0200
From: Adrian Chadd <adrian@FreeBSD.ORG>
To: Boris Popov <bp@butya.kz>
Cc: Peter Pentchev <roam@orbitel.bg>, Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>,
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Subject: Re: Displaying options for current NFS mounts
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On Sun, Mar 25, 2001, Boris Popov wrote:
> On Sun, 25 Mar 2001, Peter Pentchev wrote:
> 
> > <bikeshed type=question value="mostly stupid">
> > Or could mount(8) invoke a couple of sysctl's to get a string representation
> > of each mountpoint's mount options?
> > </bikeshed>
> 
> 	This is not a bikeshed, but sysctl is the wrong interface to do
> this. Use VFSs/VOPs instead. This isn't a big problem with passing string
> from kernel to userland.

.. (god knows when this'll get through, as I'm writing this email
whilst waiting for a flight at Heathrow Airport..)

I've been considering mapping the mount options into a string and
having that passed down into VFS_MOUNT.

However, the real solution right now is to make mount_$FSTYPE -p work.
Then mount can just wrap mount_$FSTYPE, just like fsck / fsck_$FSTYPE
does.

The only thing preventing me from doing it right now is the lack of
Copious Free Time(tm) :)

-- 
Adrian Chadd			"Programming is like sex:
<adrian@freebsd.org>		   One mistake and you have to support for
				    a lifetime." -- rec.humor.funny


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