Re: [9front] [PATCH] Unmount to remove sharp devices.

[Jacob Moody <moody@mail.posixcafe.org>]

On 5/23/22 11:06, cinap_lenrek@felloff.net wrote:
> try to preserve that the ns file looks like shell script.
> 
> avoid "eject", as that is already a existing command that does
> something completely different.
> 
> i dont like "permit" as it is too generic and not clear what it
> operates on.
> 
> in any case, think of these operations as something that we should
> also provide a shell wrapper for and it lives in the /bin namespace.
> 
> maybe should be a single command limilar to chmod/chgrp but operating
> on the kernel device map?
> 
> like:
> 
> devmask -X		# "eject" X device
> devmask ABCDEF	# set ABCDEF as allowed
> 
> any better ideas?

This all makes sense.
There was some followup discussion for this on irc that I want to
make sure is captured here:

The command written to /dev/drivers will change to be one of:
chdev DEVS
chdev -DEVS

with them acting like the current 'permit' and 'eject' commands respectively.
This will be given a matching chdev(1) rc script, and the ns file command
will be updated to match the chdev(1) interface.


thanks,
moody