Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 14 Jun 1999 13:02:15 -0400 | From | Jeff Garzik <> | Subject | Re: FS Unions |
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Eric Brunet wrote: > > In ens.rezo.mailing-lists.linux-kernel, you wrote: > >All modifications go into the overlapping fs. All you need from it is a > >way to represent whiteouts (normally done as entries with reserved > >inumber value). > > I don't quite understand: do you have to modify all the filesystems to > introduce the concept of ``whiteouts'' and ``non-transparent > directories'' ?
No, this can be implemented on top of any traditional filesystem.
Jeff
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