Re: [9fans] P9p's mount(1) on linux

[sqweek <sqweek@gmail.com>]

On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 11:53 PM, Eric Van Hensbergen <ericvh@gmail.com> wrote:
> Whatever function deals with passing the options to the mount system
> call needs the modification.  The few changes that are there may be
> fixed by me doing a better job and supporting old names for options,
> but it won't help for the kernels already in circulation.

 I've just updated to 2.6.25 which means I finally had to fix 9mount
to work with the >= 2.6.24 mount options. Dealt with backwards
compatibility by simply adding both the pre AND post 2.6.24 mount
options (which was suggested by uriel or jyujin on IRC awhile back).
 So, mounting works, but v9fs's option string appears to be screwed,
which I was relying on for 9umount (to prevent unmounting things
mounted by other users). Which is not the best plan, but I'm not sure
how else to do it...

> Basically it will probably be best to structure it as a
> "mount helper" and ship it in its own package.

 I'm not sure how mount helpers work... would you have to be root to
use it that way?
-sqweek