On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 10:19 AM, erik quanstrom<quans...@coraid.com> wrote: >> > has anyone written anything to deal with an >> > exportfs connection on linux? >> > >> >> I'm confused about what you are asking. > > if i have two plan 9 machines, i can > import butts /mnt/consoles /n/consoles > however, since import and exportfs run a special > protocol in front of 9p, i don't think it's possible > to do the same thing from a linux host. >
Yeah, I don't think anyone is currently doing anything like that. I think for a while we were using aname in one of the early 9P servers to allow the mounting of a sub-hierarchy, but that's been gone for a while I think and still wouldn't do the exact same thing you are describing. -eric