Re: [RFC] mount(8) can figure out fstype

On Thu, 18 Jan 2007 08:49:36 -0500
Craig Rodrigues <rodrigc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Using this patch, I have been able to do:
mount /dev/blah /mnt

and mount a UFS, cd9660, or FAT filesystem, depending on what filesystem
is on the /dev/blah device.

Comments?

OpenBSD already has such a functionality. It uses readlabelfs(3) for
this. What disadvantages or advantages does it have beside your
implementation?
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