On Fri, Aug 29, 2014 at 01:39:57PM +0200, Mike Belopuhov wrote: > On 29 August 2014 08:19, Jason McIntyre <j...@kerhand.co.uk> wrote: > > > > is this correct? i'm not a user myself, but the text states that > > "special", for mount_mfs, is "typically that of the primary swap area". > > how would you even define the swap area without a disklabel? > > > > jmc > > > > sort of yes. mount_mfs(8) says this: > > [...] The special file is only used > to read the disk label which provides a set of configuration parameters > for the memory based file system. The special file is typically that of > the primary swap area, since that is where the file system will be backed > up when free memory gets low and the memory supporting the file system > has to be paged. If the keyword ``swap'' is used instead of a special > file name, default configuration parameters will be used. (This option > is useful when trying to use mount_mfs on a machine without any disks.) > > in reality it fakes up a disklabel and proceeds. number of XXX's > around this code is also mildly amusing... >
so the diff posted was correct and should be committed? jmc
