Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264953AbTF2UjW (ORCPT ); Sun, 29 Jun 2003 16:39:22 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263752AbTF2Ugx (ORCPT ); Sun, 29 Jun 2003 16:36:53 -0400 Received: from x35.xmailserver.org ([208.129.208.51]:32645 "EHLO x35.xmailserver.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S265165AbTF2Udi (ORCPT ); Sun, 29 Jun 2003 16:33:38 -0400 X-AuthUser: davidel@xmailserver.org Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2003 13:46:28 -0700 (PDT) From: Davide Libenzi X-X-Sender: davide@bigblue.dev.mcafeelabs.com To: viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: File System conversion -- ideas In-Reply-To: <20030629202509.GJ27348@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> Message-ID: References: <200306291011.h5TABQXB000391@81-2-122-30.bradfords.org.uk> <20030629132807.GA25170@mail.jlokier.co.uk> <3EFEEF8F.7050607@post.pl> <20030629192847.GB26258@mail.jlokier.co.uk> <20030629194215.GG27348@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> <200306291545410600.02136814@smtp.comcast.net> <20030629200020.GH27348@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> <20030629202509.GJ27348@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 913 Lines: 26 On Sun, 29 Jun 2003 viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk wrote: > > Maybe defining a "neutral" metadata export/import might help in limiting > > such NFS^2 ... > > Go for it - do it in userland, define the mapping between various sorts > of metadata and let's see how well you can make it work. Have fun. Al, I don't even think about doing it :) Tar still works for me (and the neutral format to be compatible with all fs will be nothing more than a tar can export) and the thing is not even close to be interesting. It was obvious though that : # raiser.export | ext2.import && ext2.export | raiser.import will produce a different raiser metadata. - Davide - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/