Re: backfstype patch.

[Greg Bradner <gregb@rhythm.com>]

I am thinking about using cachefs on suse 9.2 and was wondering the 
status of the cachefs mount module?
I'm currently running autofs-4.1.3 with 2.6.10 kernel.

Jeff Moyer wrote:

>==> Regarding [autofs] backfstype patch.; Hans Deragon <hans@deragon.biz> adds:
>
>hans> Greetings.  Remember me with my backfstype patch?  Some people
>hans> commented on it, I replied and then never got any answers since.
>hans> Altough functional, my patch was questionned; the fix was not at the
>hans> right place within the code (from a design/elegance point of view;
>hans> technically it works great).  As I explained, I have no knowledge of
>hans> the overall architecture of Autofs and unfortunatly, I do not have
>hans> the time to get deep into it.
>
>hans>    Can my patch still be applied in the main branch until it is moved
>hans> into a more appropriate area of the code?  Its still adds the new
>hans> backsftype support, does not cause any problems, is very localized,
>hans> and very usefull.  I have been running it since the last 2 weeks
>hans> without any problems.  I am rolling it out in the production
>hans> environment.
>
>Ultimately, this is up to Ian.  I have a todo list item to implement a
>cachefs mount module (which was the agreed upon correct approach).
>Unfortunately, it's quite low on the todo list.  :(
>
>-Jeff
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