Re: [patch] export ufs_fs.h to userspace

On Thursday 08 February 2007, Arjan van de Ven wrote:
> On Thu, 2007-02-08 at 02:46 -0500, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> > was ufs_fs.h purposefully not exported to userspace or did it just slip
> > through the cracks ?  assuming the latter scenario, the attached patch
> > touches up the relationship between ufs_fs.h and its sub headers (like
> > ufs_fs_sb.h) so that we can export it ... the silo bootloader takes
> > advantage of this header for example
>
> are you sure it actually uses anything from this header, and not just
> assumes the magic number to be there??
> (also.. I kind of would think it reasonable for things with their own
> UFS fs reader to have their own header)

silo utilizes the structures and the random defines so that it can query UFS 
filesystems directly
-mike

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