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SubjectRe: The argument for fs assistance in handling archives (was: silent semantic changes with reiser4)
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.
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