in this case "net!somehost!9fs" could be translated il!somehost!9fs
or tcp!somehost!9fs. the current algorithm is to look through the possibities
and see if there exists somehost on protocol $protocol for service 9fs.
the first match wins. this depends on the order in the table.
the current algorithm doesn't check to see if any servers were found.
it wouldn't be hard to change things so that the first /available/ server is
used.
it's a one line change, in fact.
/sys/src/cmd/ndb/cs.c:1182 - /usr/quanstro/dist/sys/src/cmd/ndb/cs.c
- if(rv > 0)
- break;
+ break;
the downside to this is that the behavior of "net" becomes more dependent
on configuration. but Nilfast did the same thing. so i don't think this
really changes anything.
the one reservation i have is i don't know why the the code didn't loop.
the first version in sourcesdump also has the break. dial(2) seems to
argue against the break.
Network is any directory listed in /net or the special
token, net. Net is a free variable that stands for any net-
work in common between the source and the host netaddr.
so i would think the test for responses should go in.
- erik
