Subject: Re: Pending entries support for fileassoc(9)
To: None <elad@bsd.org.il>
From: YAMAMOTO Takashi <yamt@mwd.biglobe.ne.jp>
List: tech-kern
Date: 12/04/2007 17:09:56
> Hi,
> 
> Attached is a simple diff adding support for "pending entries" to
> fileassoc(9). Pending entries are entries for files that do not
> necessarily exist yet, or in other words, live on file-systems that
> are not mounted.
> 
> There are several reasons why this pesudo-persistent meta-data storage
> support is helpful; one is that Veriexec can be made to load
> fingerprints before any file-systems are mounted, rather than after all
> of them are.

can you explain what's wrong with loading fingerprints after mount?

YAMAMOTO Takashi