RE: [MiNT] MiNTLib 0.52.3b

["Julian Reschke" <reschke@muenster.de>]

Now this makes much more sense.

I just wanted to point out that invoking filesystem checkers is something
which does not belong into the kernel.

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Julian F. Reschke (mailto:reschke@medicaldataservice.de)
MedicalData Service GmbH Münster, Germany

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Martin-Eric Racine [mailto:q-funk@pp.fishpool.fi]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 1999 4:00 PM
> To: Julian Reschke
> Cc: Michael Schwingen; MiNT List
> Subject: RE: [MiNT] MiNTLib 0.52.3b
>
>
> *sigh*
>
> A separate TTP could be called by MINT.CNF, same to me, Julian.
>
> The key part was that since each drive can be scanned and returns
> which kind of filesystem is installed, then we could use that call
> and not have to rely upon /etc/fstab anymore.
>
> The scheme would be this:
>
> multitos/
> 	fsck.ttp
> 	e2fsck.ttp
> 	fsckd.ttp
>
> where fsckd.ttp would be our new filesystem parser daemon that starts
> the appropriate fsck type, based on its findings, sequentially. Then,
> the line "exec c:\multitos\fsckd.ttp" is inserted in MINT.CNF on top.
>
> > Why the hell should the *kernel* start these utilities???
> >
> > > > The list of mounted file systems is available on u:\. Their
> type can be
> > > > inquired using a Dcntl call. What else do you need?
> > >
> > > Seems like our solution right there:
> > >
> > > Have some kernel routine that does Dcntl on all drives found and
> > > calls the appropriate filesystem checker (fsck, e2fsck) based on
> > > those findings.  The FSCKs could reside as TTPs in multitos/ and
> > > we therefore would avoid all troubles related to fstab usage.
> > >
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