Expanding existing Hammer FS

[Michael Neumann]

Am 17.12.2008 18:23, schrieb Matthew Dillon:
> :>
> :>  I'd like to be able to mount by label or UUID. Currently I can do 
mount
> :>  /dev/vinum/space /space, somethink like that would be nice.
> :
> :But that would require some kind of registration mechanism, or
> :alternatively something like FreeBSD's GEOM, which detects different
> :kinds of filesystems and provides them as /dev/msdosfs/LABEL_OF_DISK or
> :/dev/ufs/LABEL. I'm not sure what is the best approach.
> :
> :And it would only work for Hammer filesystems, right?
> :
> :   mount_hammer -L Hammer1 /hammer1
> :   mount_hammer -L Hammer2 /hammer2
> :
> :Where would this information be stored?
> :...
> :Ideally, Hammer volumes (and every other filesystem type) would be
> :autodetected. I think this is very much related to devfs registration
> :(both have to register somewhere).
> :...
> :Regards,
> :
> :   Michael
>
>      It *IS* possible to probe the location of the HAMMER volumes 
making up
>      a filesystem.  Each volume header has all the information needed,
>      including the number of volumes, which volume number in the set that
>      particular device is, the unique UUID (will be the same for all
>      volume segments), and the label.

Sure, but is there a list of all data-providers available
(devices/partitions)? Should we add a central registry which is capable
of determining the filesystem type?
Regards,

  Michael