Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S269453AbUICI5b (ORCPT ); Fri, 3 Sep 2004 04:57:31 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S269432AbUICIvs (ORCPT ); Fri, 3 Sep 2004 04:51:48 -0400 Received: from frankvm.xs4all.nl ([80.126.170.174]:29413 "EHLO janus.localdomain") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S269424AbUICIuU (ORCPT ); Fri, 3 Sep 2004 04:50:20 -0400 Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2004 10:50:18 +0200 From: Frank van Maarseveen To: Helge Hafting Cc: Frank van Maarseveen , viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk, 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: <20040903085018.GA8586@janus> References: <20040902214806.GA5272@janus> <20040902220027.GD23987@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> <20040902220242.GA5414@janus> <20040902220640.GE23987@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> <20040902221133.GB5414@janus> <20040902221722.GF23987@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> <20040902222650.GA5523@janus> <20040902223324.GG23987@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> <20040902225634.GA5756@janus> <41382EC0.8080309@hist.no> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <41382EC0.8080309@hist.no> 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: 949 Lines: 23 On Fri, Sep 03, 2004 at 10:43:44AM +0200, Helge Hafting wrote: > > > You don't need kernel support for cd'ing into fs images. > You need a shell (or GUI app) that: > 1. notices that user tries to CD into a file, not a directory > 2. Attempts fs type detection and do a loop mount. > 3. Give error message if it wasn't a supported fs image. Ok, and right now I'm in vim typing this message and want to ":new /tmp/backup.iso/etc/fstab" modifying 1000+ applications is not an option IMO. Putting it in a preloaded library might be doable except maybe for permission problems but this is incredibly clumsy and lacks the possibility to implement sane caching behavior because it is process bound. -- 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/