Re: [RFC] mount(8) can figure out fstype

From: Rostislav Krasny <rosti.bsd_at_gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2007 22:17:49 +0200
On Thu, 18 Jan 2007 08:49:36 -0500
Craig Rodrigues <rodrigc_at_crodrigues.org> wrote:

> Using this patch, I have been able to do:
> mount /dev/blah /mnt
> 
> and mount a UFS, cd9660, or FAT filesystem, depending on what filesystem
> is on the /dev/blah device.
> 
> Comments?

OpenBSD already has such a functionality. It uses readlabelfs(3) for
this. What disadvantages or advantages does it have beside your
implementation?
Received on Thu Jan 18 2007 - 19:43:54 UTC

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