Subject: Re: dump for MS-DOS partitions.
To: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
From: Chris G. Demetriou <cgd@cs.cmu.edu>
List: port-i386
Date: 03/25/1997 18:56:22
> [ ... what do we prefer ... ]
>
> If I had my way, it'd look like:
> % ls -R /sbin/fs
> cd9660 ffs kernfs lfs
> mfs msdos nfs null
> portal procfs umap union
>
> /sbin/fs/cd9660:
> clri dump fsck fstyp
> mount newfs restore umount
>
> /sbin/fs/ffs:
> clri dump fsck fstyp
> mount newfs restore umount
>
> ...
>
> If I want to add a new FS, I add /sbin/fs/$(NAME) and /lkm/$(NAME)_mod.o
> and it all just works.
I actually agree; I like this layout better, as well.
however, _THAT IS NOT THE POINT_.
If the question is "where should utility X go," then the answer is
currently obvious: /sbin/${util}_${fsname}. That's the current
scheme, which was handed down from Berkeley.
The question "should things be reorganized into a better layout" is
entirely seperate. The answer may be yes, or it may be no, but I
think it's most likely to be "it doesn't matter; it's just not that
important." If you'd like to consider this question, please do...
but not in _my_ mailbox. 8-)
cgd