Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 26 Jun 1999 15:50:47 -0400 (EDT) | From | Alexander Viro <> | Subject | Re: [RFC] File flags handling - proposal for API. |
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On Sat, 26 Jun 1999, Chris Evans wrote:
> Alexander, if you are working in the area, could you remove the > restriction that a block device can't be made immutable? I doubt anyone > has any objections to the principle of an immutable block dev?
Yes, and it goes for free - with the current system the thing doesn't work only because ioctls are naturally redirected to the device driver - ext2fs doesn't see them.
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