Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757468AbXI2UdX (ORCPT ); Sat, 29 Sep 2007 16:33:23 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754832AbXI2UdQ (ORCPT ); Sat, 29 Sep 2007 16:33:16 -0400 Received: from zeniv.linux.org.uk ([195.92.253.2]:50749 "EHLO ZenIV.linux.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754078AbXI2UdQ (ORCPT ); Sat, 29 Sep 2007 16:33:16 -0400 Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2007 21:33:12 +0100 From: Al Viro To: "Schmidt, Kenneth P" Cc: Jan Dittmer , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" Subject: Re: FW: [patch 01/02] vfs: variant symlinks Message-ID: <20070929203312.GX8181@ftp.linux.org.uk> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 784 Lines: 17 On Sat, Sep 29, 2007 at 12:40:23PM -0700, Schmidt, Kenneth P wrote: > The best example of how this can be useful is to allow a heterogeneous > environment which uses a common filesystem. For example, both x86_64 and > power systems could mount a root nfs share and execute with a common set of > configurations and data, but the binary directories (bin and lib) could > point to architecture specific directories. mount --bind /usr/$(ARCH)/bin /usr/bin mount --bind /usr/$(ARCH)/lib /usr/lib or corresponding ones in /etc/fstab. BFD... - 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/