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Re: wedge device to name



In article <qlvhpb$eq5$1%serpens.de@localhost>,
Michael van Elst <mlelstv%serpens.de@localhost> wrote:
>christos%astron.com@localhost (Christos Zoulas) writes:
>
>>I added that to df, but it needs root/operator in order to access the
>>device node to get wedge info. I also wrote a patch to expose the
>>wedge info via sysctl:
>
>Alternatives ?
>
>Expose via an enhanced statvfs() syscall. After all df is a user interface
>for that syscall. It would at least allow in theory to return a copy
>of the exact mount path.

Yes, this is the first thing I thought. I will see how feasible it it.

>Use drvctl(4) to expose such data. XML haters won't like it, but
>we already use it to get driver details and future enhancements would
>be trivial.

Yes, the xml issue is a barrier to entry :-)

>Either could be hidden in getvfsstat() with a special flag, so
>details don't have to be spread over client programs.

Ok.

christos



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