On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 1:08 PM, roger peppe<rogpe...@gmail.com> wrote: > this is at a bit of a tangent from the previous discussion, > but something i've always wondered: > > why does the linux 9p mount syscall bother > with IP addresses at all? isn't it sufficient > just to provide a facility for mounting a file descriptor > (like the plan 9 syscall) and have an auxiliary > command do the actual dial, authentication, etc? > > wouldn't that be simpler and just as versatile? > >
I perfectly agree. And I used to think this was how FUSE is working, but this has been only an uneducated guess.
