Re: fmount system call

The Orb/James Mastros (abszero@epix.net)
Tue, 29 Jul 1997 04:27:26 -0400 (EDT)


On 29 Jul 1997, Matthias Urlichs wrote:

> James Mastros <abszero@epix.net> writes:
>
> > Is there any way to get a fd to a device (not by the filename that points
> > to it, but by a major/minor)? I don't see one, and you would need this to
> > mount root.
> >
> We're talking about the userspace<->kernel interface here. Since by
> definition, when the kernel mounts root there is no userspace program which
> actually calls mount(2) or fmount(2) or whatever, this is no problem.
>
Ahh... this explans the confusion, I thought we were talking
kernel<->kernel and userspace<->kernel... I'll shut up now.

-=- James Mastros

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