From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263166AbUEBRFZ (ORCPT ); Sun, 2 May 2004 13:05:25 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263167AbUEBRFZ (ORCPT ); Sun, 2 May 2004 13:05:25 -0400 Received: from MAIL.13thfloor.at ([212.16.62.51]:22230 "EHLO mail.13thfloor.at") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263166AbUEBRFU (ORCPT ); Sun, 2 May 2004 13:05:20 -0400 Date: Sun, 2 May 2004 19:05:20 +0200 From: Herbert Poetzl To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [RFC] Filesystem with multiple mount-points Message-ID: <20040502170519.GA9255@MAIL.13thfloor.at> Mail-Followup-To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <6ur7u2izmj.fsf@zork.zork.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <6ur7u2izmj.fsf@zork.zork.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sun, May 02, 2004 at 05:04:52PM +0100, Sean Neakums wrote: > GNU/Dizzy writes: > > > How about mounting the big volume somewhere and using -o bind to mount > > some paths within it in different places of your needs ? I know that -o > > bind doesnt honor -o ro yet but if you really needed maybe you can make a > > patch for that, I for one would be very interested about that. > > Herbert Poetzl's bind mount extensions should fit the bill here. > I am unsure of the current status of the patches, though. current status is simple, there are patches for kernel 2.4 and 2.6 available, maybe a little outdated but that should not be too hard to fix, if there is some interest (so let me know ;). I started to prepare those patches for inclusion in mainline, but the first patch (atime) still has not been included so I delayed the other patches, because I do not want to walk an empty mile ... best, Herbert