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From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
To: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>, <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: HFS Filesystem
Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2001 11:15:56 +0100
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>netatalk uses its own resource fork magic using .AppleDouble directories
>or a few other configurable formats. HFS on 2.2 also supports the same
>format so magically you can get real fork access
>
>For 2.4 the HFS code still needs some serious cleanup, and for 2.5 I suspect
>either someone fixes the locking on or it gets deleted

I've started reworking the locking but well... got distracted and never
finished.

It's on my list of things to do asap though.

Ben.