Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S269475AbUICBcD (ORCPT ); Thu, 2 Sep 2004 21:32:03 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S269474AbUICB3a (ORCPT ); Thu, 2 Sep 2004 21:29:30 -0400 Received: from 69-18-3-179.lisco.net ([69.18.3.179]:15031 "EHLO slaphack.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S269522AbUICBZM (ORCPT ); Thu, 2 Sep 2004 21:25:12 -0400 Message-ID: <4137C7ED.3000509@slaphack.com> Date: Thu, 02 Sep 2004 20:25:01 -0500 From: David Masover User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.7.3 (X11/20040813) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Linus Torvalds CC: viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk, Frank van Maarseveen , Dave Kleikamp , Alan Cox , 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 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> <4137B5F5.8000402@slaphack.com> In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 0.85.0.0 X-Enigmail-Supports: pgp-inline, pgp-mime Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1662 Lines: 41 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Linus Torvalds wrote: | | On Thu, 2 Sep 2004, David Masover wrote: | |>reiser4 kernel will contain knowledge of fs type contained in a file. | | | That's a disaster, btw. | | There is no one "fs type" of a file. Files have at _least_ one type | (bytestream), but most have more. Which is why automatically doing the | right thing (in the sense you seem to want) in kernel space is simply not | possible. Oops, my bad. The interface is kernel, the file type database is user. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iQIVAwUBQTfH7XgHNmZLgCUhAQL0aw//SG/RDCy30xcVh36FVVAOG7GjP6UkHBeo 14/O3hSELxwm9r8z0YnGnbpoJj9atbOCu6VJhiumtjeyikdH5OaOrcMo7DQYp47V holyEKvjd+YUkCBJSjFBmG279Ac7wuk2orFlG76gCkFjNk11W/FQsjEM3gi8yKa0 ZODFmh0XJa2p0mKRnApwynO1ma7HgyqNRKrjmxMUK2VHpOsbqjVe1+Gc2lk0E9gv xc2PIdCgi3yDEpDpxSY8LEBXad7GTwa2VEID5G7C6Z0wOH38YyMEpoHQz03se9zO aCnVg8LPdFkZveWXPiiyJrwDERCyKt/yrRxrVznWyNVaWmhoxXmw7TmQexvGiDD2 E6+XT8uWfdeMZRPhv284qcBegIDw5c1wHgz+GRso61T6x04hfJyY/onbF5lHz661 lfys4JRT0zmYbrG1b3GVgmfKDv7t3V6DkY+Pi1E5raeZr2F0idiZo+7uKh2NZAML PLhb8LLr/lbHOSRG3Rq0YY/l+Q6wZXy770qF/51jp/c3UXXJyVusK+bCLrVZ3VPa 0Uf3KkuFLcoD4jDTNjt79QVJXIvEHmNOxp/g80nJUFM0WDj7u4a7pFpLCHZzFeBl 5uoS9c7dYjuV+/EkQ2S8YwryeyCHQNt381icb8HtbdlQOCVuK0v9OspA3IZmphcB oD1RBCkVTYQ= =l8Vz -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- - 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/