> > It needs to be a general solution, and see above, again, for the things > > it needs to be able to do. > > So for FFS, it could be stored in the superblock, label, or one of the other > structures that aren't actually inodes, right? For FAT, couldn't it be stored > in > either the FAT or the volume name? TFTP and NFS are both non-local, but still > have writing capabilities built in.
No, it needs to be in a file so that it can be simply manipulated from userland. Remember, the writable list is: - FFS - FAT - NFS - TFTP -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ m...@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msm...@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msm...@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majord...@freebsd.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
