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From: David Newall <davidn@davidnewall.com>
To: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Cc: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, hch@lst.de
Subject: Re: [RFC 0/7] [RFC] cramfs: fake write support
Date: Sun, 01 Jun 2008 15:32:50 +0930	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <48423B8A.20505@davidnewall.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200805312240.50720.arnd@arndb.de>

Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Saturday 31 May 2008, David Newall wrote:
>   
>> I prefer the technique of union of a tmpfs over some other fs
>>     
>
> You're right in principle, but unfortunately there is to date no working
> implementation of union mounts. Giving users the option of using an
> existing file system with a few tweaks can only be better than than
> forcing them to use hacks like unionfs.

I've not used unionfs (nor aufs) so I'm not aware of its foibles, but I
can say that it's the right kind of solution.  Rather than spend effort
implementing write support for read-only filesystems, why not put your
time into fixing whatever you see wrong with one or both of those?

  parent reply	other threads:[~2008-06-01  6:03 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 32+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-05-31 15:37 [RFC 0/7] [RFC] cramfs: fake write support arnd
2008-05-31 18:56 ` David Newall
2008-05-31 20:40   ` Arnd Bergmann
2008-06-01  3:54     ` Phillip Lougher
2008-06-01  8:52       ` Arnd Bergmann
2008-06-01 12:28       ` Jamie Lokier
2008-06-01 21:49         ` Arnd Bergmann
2008-06-02  2:48           ` hooanon05
2008-06-02  3:25             ` Erez Zadok
2008-06-02  7:51               ` Arnd Bergmann
2008-06-02 18:13                 ` Erez Zadok
2008-06-03  2:02                   ` Phillip Lougher
2008-06-02  3:51             ` Erez Zadok
2008-06-02 11:07               ` Jamie Lokier
2008-06-02  4:37             ` Erez Zadok
2008-06-02  6:07               ` Bharata B Rao
2008-06-02  7:17               ` Jan Engelhardt
2008-06-02  7:12             ` Arnd Bergmann
2008-06-02 10:36               ` hooanon05
2008-06-02 11:15                 ` Arnd Bergmann
2008-06-02 12:56                   ` hooanon05
2008-06-02 14:13                     ` Arnd Bergmann
2008-06-02 14:33                       ` hooanon05
2008-06-02 15:01                         ` Arnd Bergmann
2008-06-03 11:04                           ` hooanon05
2008-06-02 14:54                   ` Evgeniy Polyakov
2008-06-02 17:42                     ` Arnd Bergmann
2008-06-02 15:35               ` Erez Zadok
2008-06-01  6:02     ` David Newall [this message]
2008-06-01  9:11       ` Jan Engelhardt
2008-06-01 16:25       ` Jörn Engel
2008-06-01  3:19 ` Phillip Lougher

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