[RFC] mount can figure out fstype automatically

[Danny Braniss]

> Maxim Sobolev wrote:
> 
> > Scott Long wrote:
> > 
> >> David O'Brien wrote:
> >>
> >>> On Sat, Jul 08, 2006 at 12:17:19PM -0400, Craig Rodrigues wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> I was thinking of doing something like that.  You can basically
> >>>> get the same info by doing something like:
> >>>> file - < /dev/ad0s1e
> >>>> /dev/stdin: Unix Fast File system (little-endian)
> >>>> file - < /dev/ad0s4
> >>>> /dev/stdin: SGI XFS filesystem
> >>>>
> >>>> I leaned away from this approach in mount(8) because:
> >>>> - I didn't want to tie mount(8) to file(1)
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Why not?  We have libmagic for purposes like this.
> >>>
> >>
> >> This is an interesting idea.  However, it has the potential to
> >> add a dependency on /usr to the early boot environment.  Maybe it
> >> could be done via rtld?
> > 
> > 
> > Well, we have dynamic /sbin now, so that it's only the matter of moving 
> > libmagic into /lib.
> > 
> > -Maxim
> 
> libmagic depends on libz.  Let's not go down the path of populating
> /lib with every convenience under the sun.
> 
and
	/usr/share/misc/magic

btw, the idea of mount figuring out the nount-type has allot of merit,
but using a 10 ton hammer is not the way.

danny