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Re: 2 new calls

> |> I'm currently adding the system calls Dreadlabel and Dwritelabel (they do
> |> what the readlabel and writelabel filesystem calls do); I use the opcodes
> |> 0x152 and 0x153. Please don't use those for other things.
> 
> Are these really needed??  We already have Fsfirst("*.*", 8) and
> Fcreate ("label", 8).  The volume label is really only supported by
> tosfs anyway, and IMHO it is obsolete.

I second this opinion. Julian, why do we need this in the kernel?

  Claus "keep it lean and mean" B.

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