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From: james palmer <james@biobuf.link>
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Subject: Re: [9front] plan9.ini fs= should accept full dial strings
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Quoth sl@stanleylieber=2Ecom:
> let's say we want to do both serve a full file system
> to certain clients *and* serve a specially constructed
> namespace to generic clients trying to 9fs us on the
> standard port=2E
>=20
> currently, plan9=2Eini fs=3D value must be just an ip
> address or host name=2E the system translates it
> internally to tcp![ip]!564=2E
>=20
> why can't fs=3D be any valid dial string?
>=20
> sl

seems to be because the port depends onthe value of bootargs=2E

tcp boot is on 564 and tls boot is 17020=2E

to keep compatibility with existing plan9=2Eini files the fs variable woul=
d need to be parsed to see if a port has been specified=2E

another option might be to treat bootargs as a dialstring (similar to how =
local filesystems are handled) like so:

bootargs=3Dlocal!/dev/sdE0/fs -> local hjfs
bootargs=3Dtls!192=2E168=2E0=2E2 -> tls to the 192=2E168=2E0=2E2 file serv=
er
bootargs=3Dtcp!biobuf=2Elink!555 -> tcp boot to a remote file server on a =
non standard port

- james