From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751249AbVHTVyv (ORCPT ); Sat, 20 Aug 2005 17:54:51 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751253AbVHTVyv (ORCPT ); Sat, 20 Aug 2005 17:54:51 -0400 Received: from zproxy.gmail.com ([64.233.162.199]:44643 "EHLO zproxy.gmail.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751249AbVHTVyu (ORCPT ); Sat, 20 Aug 2005 17:54:50 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:date:to:cc:subject:message-id:mail-followup-to:references:mime-version:content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent:from; b=aHaTeKt4sFFCZpaId+ow+SXrbI36b/2NNiQ9ZGbxFIk0VAC26WP8jmCla3gAYMWsjUErqYiwzyR1+TeLl6L7+ZgRe/rd3qcM2XJ/HM4oaxvLahHUodtbzy83BWdlL9Fdqi5UK4Dj2p3UuvCp57hga+CyhZewiNzLCAkdRd/U4Gk= Date: Sat, 20 Aug 2005 17:54:35 -0400 To: Hiroyuki Machida Cc: Christoph Hellwig , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Posix file attribute support on VFAT (take #2) Message-ID: <20050820215435.GC13127@nineveh.rivenstone.net> Mail-Followup-To: Hiroyuki Machida , Christoph Hellwig , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <43023957.1020909@sm.sony.co.jp> <20050816212531.GA2479@infradead.org> <43046867.4030707@sm.sony.co.jp> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <43046867.4030707@sm.sony.co.jp> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6+20040907i From: jfannin@gmail.com (Joseph Fannin) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Aug 18, 2005 at 07:52:23PM +0900, Hiroyuki Machida wrote: > Christoph Hellwig wrote: > >On Wed, Aug 17, 2005 at 04:07:03AM +0900, Machida, Hiroyuki wrote: > >>This is a take 2 of posix file attribute support on VFAT. > > > > > >Sorry, but this is far too scary. Please just use one of the sane > >filesystems linux supports. > > > > I would say that purpose of the feature is having ability to > build root fs for small embedded device, not support full posix > attributes top of VFAT. I think the situation is like uclinux, > which has no MMU support and many restriction, however it's still > very helpful for small embedded device. This doesn't seem so different from umsdos to me -- which was only removed from the kernel because it was unmaintained. It might have its place. However, I'd guess you'd need to demonstrate that someone is actually going to use and maintain this feature before it would be considered for inclusion in the kernel. -- Joseph Fannin jfannin@gmail.com "Bull in pure form is rare; there is usually some contamination by data." -- William Graves Perry Jr.