Re: [PATCH] UTC timestamp option for FAT filesystems

[OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@mail.parknet.co.jp>]

Joe Peterson <joe@skyrush.com> writes:

> OGAWA Hirofumi wrote:
>> If so, I'd like to see "tz=xxx" or something for the future, instead of
>> "utc", don't you think so? I really hate to add the random options.
>
> One question: do you see the "tz=" option having "xxx" being a numerical
> offset or a time zone.

Ah, sorry. I was imagining, e.g. POSIX TZ string like
"EST5EDT,M3.2.0/2,M11.1.0 " or something, it is not a simple numerical.

> If the latter, then the DST situation could be
> solved (and tz=UTC could be used to get the behavior I like, but I still
> wonder if a timezone feature on FAT is useful.  Also, would it not
> require the kernel to look up timezone info and keep track of DST
> changes? I thought the trend was to push that kind of thing into
> userland...

Yes. If it can do in userland (on embeded system too), it's very
good. (also, nls stuff is same situation.) But, I'm not sure yet,
need to think about it.
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OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@mail.parknet.co.jp>