From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Greg Bradner Subject: Re: backfstype patch. Date: Wed, 02 Mar 2005 13:03:20 -0800 Message-ID: <42262A18.6040203@rhythm.com> References: <40F82248.2050803@deragon.biz> <16632.9711.453411.560590@segfault.boston.redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In-Reply-To: <16632.9711.453411.560590@segfault.boston.redhat.com> List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: autofs-bounces@linux.kernel.org Errors-To: autofs-bounces@linux.kernel.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format="flowed" To: autofs@linux.kernel.org 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 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 > >_______________________________________________ >autofs mailing list >autofs@linux.kernel.org >http://linux.kernel.org/mailman/listinfo/autofs > > -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Rhythm & Hues 5404 Jandy Place Los Angeles, CA 90066 Voice: 310 448-7763 Fax: 310 448-7600 gregb@rhythm.com