At Wed, 26 Mar 2025 20:46:42 +0000, David Holland <dholland-tech%netbsd.org@localhost> wrote: Subject: Re: CVS commit: src/sbin/umount > > It looks like we (still) don't have the ability to implicitly (or even > explicitly) configure a vnd when you try to mount a file, which Linux > has had for a long time. But we should really get that sometime. Indeed. > It's really fundamentally different from things like raids that have > independent existence. I've long thought vnd(4) should be a "cloning" device to avoid the inevitable search for unused, or assignment of explicit, device numbers. Maybe this would all make a good GSoC project (e.g. to suggest to all those who are otherwise eager to pick the seemingly singularly most popular project). -- Greg A. Woods <gwoods%acm.org@localhost> Kelowna, BC +1 250 762-7675 RoboHack <woods%robohack.ca@localhost> Planix, Inc. <woods%planix.com@localhost> Avoncote Farms <woods%avoncote.ca@localhost>
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