... -0400, Horst von Brand wrote: > Helge Hafting <helge.hafting@hist.no> said: > > Matt Mackall wrote: > > [...] > > > >Find some silly person with an ... take a look at what we're talking about before attacking. Helge Hafting

linux-fsdevel - Helge Hafting - Aug 28 2004 - 12:49

... , 03 Sep 2004 10:54:26 +0200, Helge Hafting <helge.hafting@hist.no> wrote: > > >>Grzegorz Jaśkiewicz wrote: >> >> >> >>>devfs was very natural, and ... of udev (or plain old /dev) that your way is better. Helge Hafting

linux-fsdevel - Helge Hafting - Sep 8 2004 - 05:09

Horst von Brand wrote: >Helge Hafting <helge.hafting@hist.no> said: > >[...] > > > >>The only new thing needed is the ability for ... the way a new form of "open" will. . . Helge Hafting - To unsubscribe from this list: send ...

linux-fsdevel - Helge Hafting - Sep 6 2004 - 09:25

... said: > > >>Horst von Brand said: >> >> >>>Helge Hafting <helge.hafting@hist.no> said: >>> ... r"); //opens a substream of somefile. Helge Hafting - To unsubscribe from this list: ...

linux-fsdevel - Helge Hafting - Sep 6 2004 - 09:43

... generic embedded data, it surely won't work for every image format out there. This is my idea of how file-as-directory should work. Helge Hafting Helge Hafting

linux-fsdevel - Helge Hafting - Aug 26 2004 - 04:31

... Torvalds wrote: >On Sat, 28 Aug 2004, Helge Hafting wrote: > > >>>I think that lack of distinguishing power is more serious for ... we made "fs->pwd" be a "struct file"). > > > No problem with openat() Helge Hafting

linux-fsdevel - Helge Hafting - Aug 30 2004 - 09:56

... , Sep 03, 2004 at 10:22:55AM +0200, Helge Hafting wrote: > > >>Requiring another syscall to open forks other than the primary >>breaks _all_ ... with such a fs, but not something that just opens by name. Helge Hafting

linux-fsdevel - Helge Hafting - Sep 8 2004 - 05:24

... , Sep 08, 2004 at 11:24:40AM +0200, Helge Hafting wrote: > > >>If you can open a fork/substream/whatever by issuing >>open("filename/ ... stat" may have to change though, so it can identify a file-as-dir. Helge Hafting

linux-fsdevel - Helge Hafting - Sep 9 2004 - 07:22

... > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Helge Hafting wrote: > [...] > | You don't need kernel ... an X client for asking for keys? :-/ Helge Hafting - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in ...

linux-fsdevel - Helge Hafting - Sep 8 2004 - 05:56

Paul Jackson wrote: >Helge wrote: > > >>So an old "tar" won't get this right as it will assume that an object ... you have is plain files and plain directories - no problem. Not if files-as-directories are implemented right. Helge Hafting

linux-fsdevel - Helge Hafting - Aug 27 2004 - 08:33

... file-as-directory extras will provide patches for "tar" and friends, after that the extras become useable. Helge Hafting - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a ...

linux-fsdevel - Helge Hafting - Aug 26 2004 - 03:51

... out the possibilities of directory operations. Getting the VFS right is another matter of course, but I don't worry about userland tools. Helge Hafting

linux-fsdevel - Helge Hafting - Aug 26 2004 - 04:16

... to support file-as-directory (or vice versa) then hopefully it can be done in a simple way. Helge Hafting =20 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel= " in the body of a ...

linux-fsdevel - Helge Hafting - Aug 28 2004 - 13:05

... to caching use _only_, disks fill occationally and we can't have _useful_ stuff disappearing at random. Helge Hafting - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a ...

linux-fsdevel - Helge Hafting - Sep 3 2004 - 03:53

... own custom code) and add code that effectively >goes > >getNumForks(fileref){ return 1;} > > > Necessary if some other mechanism is used, sure. Helge Hafting

linux-fsdevel - Helge Hafting - Sep 2 2004 - 05:26

... with the same name as the file, and will do whatever cp does in such a situation. I.e. something like "NAME exists but is not a directory". Helge Hafting

linux-fsdevel - Helge Hafting - Sep 3 2004 - 04:28

... > Sure, implementing it well will take effort, wich is why it is important to find a good way of doing it so the effort won't be wasted. Helge Hafting

linux-fsdevel - Helge Hafting - Sep 3 2004 - 04:22

... It allows you to restore previous versions of the file even if you > delete or overwrite it. > > Feel free to use cvs on your home directory. :-) Helge Hafting

linux-fsdevel - Helge Hafting - Sep 3 2004 - 04:30

... into a file, not a directory 2. Attempts fs type detection and do a loop mount. 3. Give error message if it wasn't a supported fs image. Helge Hafting

linux-fsdevel - Helge Hafting - Sep 3 2004 - 04:43

... of it was a problem, and after some time nobody maintained it. No surprise it had to go. Now udev+tmpfs can do the same job, and more. Helge Hafting

linux-fsdevel - Helge Hafting - Sep 3 2004 - 04:54