From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Hans Reiser Subject: Re: testing/questions about latest Reiser4 Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2004 10:10:30 -0700 Message-ID: <407C1F06.6080101@namesys.com> References: <4070E534.9010509@mrs.umn.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: list-help: list-unsubscribe: list-post: Errors-To: flx@namesys.com In-Reply-To: <4070E534.9010509@mrs.umn.edu> List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format="flowed" To: Grant Miner Cc: reiserfs-list@namesys.com, vs Grant Miner wrote: > Does Reiser4 store stat data in real files, or some special way? It presents stat data to user space as a file (or via stat()), but below the fs interface it stores it in a stat item, which you can think of as a compressed format for stat files. > Are pseudo files just representation of stat data stored a special > way? Is it possible to do streams/forks with a plugin easily? > > I mounted latest Reiser4 snapshot + linux 2.6.4 with acl and xattr > options but when I tried "getfattr" I received "operation not supported"? > > I'm using Reiser4 as root fs for some days now, and it is great! Only > problem is whenever I run 'make' it always recompiles everything; > perhaps this has to do with time stamps? Probably, talk to vs about it, ok? > Oh and fibration is cool :) How do I switch to the other fibration > plugins for a directory? > > -- Hans