Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 3 Sep 2004 00:04:44 +0200 | From | Christoph Hellwig <> | Subject | Re: The argument for fs assistance in handling archives (was: silent semantic changes with reiser4) |
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On Fri, Sep 03, 2004 at 12:03:54AM +0200, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > On Fri, Sep 03, 2004 at 12:02:42AM +0200, Frank van Maarseveen wrote: > > On Thu, Sep 02, 2004 at 11:00:27PM +0100, viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk wrote: > > > > > > The hell it is. > > > > > > a) kernel has *NO* *FUCKING* *KNOWLEDGE* of fs type contained on a device. > > > > excuse me, but how does the kernel mount the root fs? > > trial and error. That's why you see all thos ext3 mounted as ext2 > problems, or $RANDOMFS as fat.
Andb btw, for an lkml discussion RTFS wouldn't hurt. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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