Re: CVS commit: src/bin/dd

[David Holland <dholland-sourcechanges%netbsd.org@localhost>]

On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 10:09:24PM +0000, David Laight wrote:
 > > Add two new operands: "rif" and "rof".  They operate exactly like
 > > "if" and "of" with the exception that the communicate with a rump
 > > kernel instead of the host kernel.
 > 
 > Hmmmm.... this seems like polluting a standard utility to support
 > a very specific use.

(Was this discussed anywhere?)

 > Surely it would be more appropriate to make thye rump kernel directly
 > forward some paths to the real kernel?

Yeah, that...

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David A. Holland
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