Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S269228AbUIBWD0 (ORCPT ); Thu, 2 Sep 2004 18:03:26 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S269235AbUIBWDX (ORCPT ); Thu, 2 Sep 2004 18:03:23 -0400 Received: from frankvm.xs4all.nl ([80.126.170.174]:49119 "EHLO janus.localdomain") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S269228AbUIBWCo (ORCPT ); Thu, 2 Sep 2004 18:02:44 -0400 Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2004 00:02:42 +0200 From: Frank van Maarseveen To: viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk Cc: Frank van Maarseveen , Dave Kleikamp , Alan Cox , Linus Torvalds , Jamie Lokier , Horst von Brand , Adrian Bunk , Hans Reiser , Christoph Hellwig , fsdevel , Linux Kernel Mailing List , Alexander Lyamin aka FLX , ReiserFS List Subject: Re: The argument for fs assistance in handling archives (was: silent semantic changes with reiser4) Message-ID: <20040902220242.GA5414@janus> References: <20040826150202.GE5733@mail.shareable.org> <200408282314.i7SNErYv003270@localhost.localdomain> <20040901200806.GC31934@mail.shareable.org> <1094118362.4847.23.camel@localhost.localdomain> <20040902203854.GA4801@janus> <1094160994.31499.19.camel@shaggy.austin.ibm.com> <20040902214806.GA5272@janus> <20040902220027.GD23987@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040902220027.GD23987@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-Subliminal-Message: Use Linux! Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 499 Lines: 15 On Thu, Sep 02, 2004 at 11:00:27PM +0100, viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk wrote: > > The hell it is. > > a) kernel has *NO* *FUCKING* *KNOWLEDGE* of fs type contained on a device. excuse me, but how does the kernel mount the root fs? -- Frank - 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/