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Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/24] Unionfs: Documentation
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Erez Zadok wrote:

> I didn't know about those patches, but yes, they do sound useful.  I'm
> curious who needed such functionality before and why.  If someone can point
> me to those patches, we can look into using them for Unionfs.  Thanks.

I asked for it years ago,  You can probably guess why :)

see http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-fsdevel&m=105419650921086&w=2

just had too many other things to do then follow the roadmap Al gave.