From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sun, 3 Jun 2001 14:00:49 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sun, 3 Jun 2001 14:00:40 -0400 Received: from hera.cwi.nl ([192.16.191.8]:9408 "EHLO hera.cwi.nl") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sun, 3 Jun 2001 13:38:27 -0400 Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2001 19:37:53 +0200 (MET DST) From: Andries.Brouwer@cwi.nl Message-Id: To: Andries.Brouwer@cwi.nl, viro@math.psu.edu Subject: Re: symlink_prefix Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > We can kludge around anything. The question being, what for? > It still leaves ncp with its ioctls ugliness. I show how to simplify the kernel source without changing the interface. That is good, and there are some free benefits. You want to design a new interface. Maybe that is good as well, but since it is the interface of essentially a unique program I do not regard that as very urgent. Andries