Re: A Hurd user can mount loop device...
Wichert Akkerman wrote:
> Previously Neal H Walfield wrote:
> > The reason that Linux, and other monolithic kernels, do not allow users
> > to mount filesystems is that a bad filesystem can crash the kernel.
>
> No, you're completely missing the point. What you mean is loading
> filesystem drivers, ie adding new code to the kernel. That is a
> completely different thing then mounting a filesystem.
No, he's not. If you've never seen a bad filesystem image crash (or at least
oops) the linux kernel, I envy you. :-/
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