From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from sc8-sf-mx2-b.sourceforge.net ([10.3.1.12] helo=sc8-sf-mx2.sourceforge.net) by sc8-sf-list1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1BBYCg-0005uz-GV for user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Thu, 08 Apr 2004 05:00:18 -0700 Received: from hirsch.in-berlin.de ([192.109.42.6] ident=root) by sc8-sf-mx2.sourceforge.net with esmtp (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.30) id 1BBYCf-0001nf-Tw for user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Thu, 08 Apr 2004 05:00:18 -0700 References: <200404080207.i3827rbe009294@ccure.user-mode-linux.org> From: Gerd Knorr In-Reply-To: <200404080207.i3827rbe009294@ccure.user-mode-linux.org> Message-ID: <87smfevfq2.fsf@bytesex.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Subject: [uml-devel] Re: A quick humfs HOWTO Sender: user-mode-linux-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: user-mode-linux-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Unsubscribe: , List-Id: The user-mode Linux development list List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: Date: 08 Apr 2004 14:03:49 +0200 To: Jeff Dike , user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Jeff Dike writes: > As the readers of uml-devel are aware by now, there is a new virtual UML > filesystem called humfs. This is a hostfs-like filesystem which does ownerships > right, by separating them from the actual file, ala umsdos. Hmm. Why separate? These days almost all filesystems in 2.6 support extended attributes, that would be the ideal place for such metadata IMHO ... Gerd -- http://bigendian.bytesex.org ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials Free Linux tutorial presented by Daniel Robbins, President and CEO of GenToo technologies. Learn everything from fundamentals to system administration.http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1470&alloc_id=3638&op=click _______________________________________________ User-mode-linux-devel mailing list User-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/user-mode-linux-devel