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Date:      Thu, 21 Dec 1995 12:09:10 -0500
From:      "Garrett A. Wollman" <wollman@lcs.mit.edu>
To:        Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.tfs.com>
Cc:        current@freebsd.org
Subject:   MOUNT_* constants
Message-ID:  <9512211709.AA26246@halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <5081.819548922@critter.tfs.com>
References:  <199512201636.DAA08865@godzilla.zeta.org.au> <5081.819548922@critter.tfs.com>

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<<On Thu, 21 Dec 1995 13:28:42 +0100, Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.tfs.com> said:

>> Linker sets can't be used to sove problems related to magic numbers in
>> the user interface.

> Filesystems have a magic number as well.

It's intended that said magic number will go away, and all mapping
will be dynamic.  There is almost no need for them now, except the
compatibility cruft in the mount_* programs.

-GAWollman

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