Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758160Ab1DNJkb (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Apr 2011 05:40:31 -0400 Received: from mail-bw0-f46.google.com ([209.85.214.46]:59015 "EHLO mail-bw0-f46.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754096Ab1DNJka (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Apr 2011 05:40:30 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=szeredi.hu; s=google; h=mime-version:x-originating-ip:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; b=W09xW0RTqNKzZNVy7L5AKfjVyZ5DazvRt0AOeMMX1C2528V1ds2Da7+Dhp6sHm5aKe 3KJwuVHpyv/lG8ztyA/dBWBtXAT8gl9h1UxmYGS3fKDQsEmrdDADofxxyr+oqkmQswo6 wgy6zKwgkA+V5evTwD3bdpMNhEVugPXNR08K4= MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Originating-IP: [88.209.222.127] In-Reply-To: References: <4DA4B6A8.7030804@gmail.com> <4DA5DCB8.3040101@gmail.com> <4DA5F569.9020309@gmail.com> <1302756608.2854.10.camel@perseus.themaw.net> Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2011 11:40:28 +0200 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Unionmount status? From: Miklos Szeredi To: Michal Suchanek Cc: Ian Kent , Ric Wheeler , linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, David Howells , Jeff Moyer , Christoph Hellwig Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 761 Lines: 20 On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 11:32 AM, Michal Suchanek wrote: > I guess overlayfs includes the better part of unionmount and achieves > similar level of functionality in much smaller code size and is > actively developed. > > This might make it the best candidate for inclusion so far. > > It does not (yet?) support NFS which is one of the options commonly > used with union solutions, though. NFS is supported as a lower (read-only) layer, but not as an upper (read-write) layer. Thanks, Miklos -- 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/