Re: [PATCH] fuse.4: Add new file describing /dev/fuse

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On 12/10/2016 10:13 PM, Nikolaus Rath wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Dec 10 2016, Keno Fischer <keno@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> This is my writeup of a basic description of /dev/fuse after playing with
>> it for a few hours today. It is of course woefully incomplete, and since
>> I neither have a use case nor am working on this code, I will not be
>> in a position to expand it in the near future. However, I'm hoping this
>> could still serve as a handy reference for others looking at this interface.
> 
> That's great! It makes me wonder:
> 
> At the moment, libfuse ships a mount.fuse(8) manpage that documents both
> the mount options that can be passed to the kernel, and the pseudo-mount
> options that can be used when using libfuse (but that are actually
> implemented in userspace).
> 
> Would it make sense to remove everything kernel related from
> mount.fuse(8) and move it into linux-manpages?
> 
> Here's the manpage I'm talking about:
> https://github.com/libfuse/libfuse/blob/master/doc/mount.fuse.8

I can see pros and cons. mount(8) does a similar thing
for mount options understood by the kernel. So there is precedent
for the approach taken in mount.fuse.8

Cheers,

Michael




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