Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S267804AbUIBWKm (ORCPT ); Thu, 2 Sep 2004 18:10:42 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S269100AbUIBWIw (ORCPT ); Thu, 2 Sep 2004 18:08:52 -0400 Received: from verein.lst.de ([213.95.11.210]:172 "EHLO mail.lst.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S269235AbUIBWEO (ORCPT ); Thu, 2 Sep 2004 18:04:14 -0400 Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2004 00:03:54 +0200 From: Christoph Hellwig To: Frank van Maarseveen Cc: viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk, Dave Kleikamp , Alan Cox , Linus Torvalds , Jamie Lokier , Horst von Brand , Adrian Bunk , Hans Reiser , 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: <20040902220354.GA23618@lst.de> Mail-Followup-To: Christoph Hellwig , Frank van Maarseveen , viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk, Dave Kleikamp , Alan Cox , Linus Torvalds , Jamie Lokier , Horst von Brand , Adrian Bunk , Hans Reiser , fsdevel , Linux Kernel Mailing List , Alexander Lyamin aka FLX , ReiserFS List 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> <20040902220242.GA5414@janus> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040902220242.GA5414@janus> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i X-Spam-Score: -4.901 () BAYES_00 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 672 Lines: 17 On Fri, Sep 03, 2004 at 12:02:42AM +0200, Frank van Maarseveen wrote: > 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? trial and error. That's why you see all thos ext3 mounted as ext2 problems, or $RANDOMFS as fat. - 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/