On Tuesday 04 August 2009 13:43:24 Dimitry Andric wrote: > On 2009-08-04 22:45, Mel Flynn wrote: > > % mount -t msdofs /dev/label/camera ~/camera > > mount: /dev/label/camera : Operation not supported by device > > > > I would expect something along the lines of "unknown file system type". > > Is this fixable? > > Yes, just use "msdosfs" instead. ;) That said, it looks like ENODEV is > returned by vfs_domount(), whenever the fs type is not found in the > list of supported filesystems: > > [...] > if (fsflags & MNT_ROOTFS) > vfsp = vfs_byname(fstype); > else > vfsp = vfs_byname_kld(fstype, td, &error); > if (vfsp == NULL) > return (ENODEV); > [...] > > Note that in the case when vfs_byname_kld() gets called, the error it > returns is silently thrown away. What a pity. :) > > In any case, you could paint a lot of bikesheds about which error code > from errno.h would be most suited for this situation, unfortunately.
I would expect "Unable to load fs: " + ENOENT. I was asking if this was fixable, cause it looked like the code has been abstracted to the point that specific errors were hard, but maybe I missed something. -- Mel _______________________________________________ freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
