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From: Thierry BULTEL <thierry.bultel@wanadoo.fr>
Subject: autofs design doc ?
Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2008 15:51:14 +0200 (CEST)
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 Hi all,

I am currently looking at autofs, and
I would be interested to know if there exist such a documentation.
Namely, I am performing a kind of reverse-engineering on both the daemon 
and the kernel parts.

What I would like to understand, above all, is the detailed interaction 
scheme between automount and the kernel.
I have understood that automount was receiving orders through a pipe, 
and replying with ioctls, but
I still do not have the complete vision of the nature and timing of the 
messages. What are the respective responsibilities
of both parts ?
Also, I am still asking myself why a user daemon is used, and why not 
everything is not done in the kernel.

Any help would be really appreciated !

Thanks,
Thierry Bultel 
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<p style="margin:0;padding:0;" align="left"><br /> <pre>Hi all,<br /><br />I am currently looking at autofs, and<br />I would be interested to know if there exist such a documentation.<br />Namely, I am performing a kind of reverse-engineering on both the daemon <br />and the kernel parts.<br /><br />What I would like to understand, above all, is the detailed interaction <br />scheme between automount and the kernel.<br />I have understood that automount was receiving orders through a pipe, <br />and replying with ioctls, but<br />I still do not have the complete vision of the nature and timing of the <br />messages. What are the respective responsibilities<br />of both parts ?<br />Also, I am still asking myself why a user daemon is used, and why not <br />everything is not done in the ke
 rnel.<br /><br />Any help would be really appreciated !<br /><br />Thanks,<br />Thierry Bultel</pre> </p>
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