From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <565ecea34171eb37da1e18d5a05ee869@quanstro.net> To: 9fans@9fans.net From: erik quanstrom Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2009 18:48:35 -0500 In-Reply-To: <1231458346.6916.84.camel@goose.sun.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: Re: [9fans] Why do we need syspipe() ? Topicbox-Message-UUID: 7dc538d4-ead4-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 >> > Although in the alternative universe I can see how implementing #X >> > as *channels* capable of 9P messages, could enable things like mounting >> > them on external hosts and letting these hosts manipulate physical >> > devices attached to yours (I agree that remote mounting of the kernel >> > services, which do not correspond to physical devices, is less useful). >> > Just like exporting my *local* /srv can be a useful things at times. >> >> you mean like this? >> import -E ssl minooka.coraid.com '#æ' /n/minookaæ > > Well, I tend not to like the proliferation of exportfs', but may > be in this case it is actually better that what I had in mind. why? - erik