* Gavan Fantom <gavan@coolfactor.org> [011219 14:00] wrote:
> On Wed, 19 Dec 2001, Ben Harris wrote:
> 
> > How about just checking if /dev/console exists and is a device, or if there
> > are any devices at all in /dev?
> 
> 
> The code currently looks like this:
> 
>         if (statfs("/", &sfs) == -1)
>                 return;
> 
>         if (strcmp(sfs.f_fstypename, MOUNT_MSDOS) != 0)
>                 return;
> 
>         /* If we have devices, we cannot be on msdosfs */
>         if (access(_PATH_CONSOLE, F_OK) != -1)
>                 return;
> 
> So /dev/console already has to exist, but actually on an msdos filesystem.
> 
> Maybe removing the check for an msdos filesystem and just checking for
> existence of a console device would be enough?

Ok, perhaps this is missing feature for statfs:

         long    f_flags;    /* copy of mount flags */

Shouldn't an FS that doesn't support devices implicitly set MNT_NODEV?

Or maybe not?

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