> struct diskaccess da[1];	/* contains a struct diskpart */
> da->disk="sd0";
> fd=open("/dev/diskpart", O_RDWR)
> ioctl(fd, DKIOCGDTAB, &da);

> and the diskpart driver would automagically handle the routing.

The first problem that comes to mind with this is that it means that
anyone who can open /dev/diskpart for read or write can read or write
*any* disk's partition table.

I can easily see myself wanting to give random users the ability to
frob the partition table on /dev/sd3? (the zip drive) but being not
about to let them do likewise with sd[012]? (root, /usr, etc).

					der Mouse

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