Re: FW: [patch 01/02] vfs: variant symlinks

2007-09-29 Thread Trond Myklebust
On Sat, 2007-09-29 at 12:40 -0700, Schmidt, Kenneth P wrote: > The best example of how this can be useful is to allow a heterogeneous > environment which uses a common filesystem. For example, both x86_64 and > power systems could mount a root nfs share and execute with a common set of >

Re: FW: [patch 01/02] vfs: variant symlinks

2007-09-29 Thread Al Viro
On Sat, Sep 29, 2007 at 12:40:23PM -0700, Schmidt, Kenneth P wrote: > The best example of how this can be useful is to allow a heterogeneous > environment which uses a common filesystem. For example, both x86_64 and > power systems could mount a root nfs share and execute with a common set of >

FW: [patch 01/02] vfs: variant symlinks

2007-09-29 Thread Schmidt, Kenneth P
On 9/28/07 11:22 AM, "Jan Dittmer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ken Schmidt wrote: >> Variant symlinks add the ability to embed variables in to the >> contents of symbolic links so their targets can change based on >> outside sources (user environment, uts, filesystems, etc.) > > Could you

FW: [patch 01/02] vfs: variant symlinks

2007-09-29 Thread Schmidt, Kenneth P
On 9/28/07 11:22 AM, Jan Dittmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ken Schmidt wrote: Variant symlinks add the ability to embed variables in to the contents of symbolic links so their targets can change based on outside sources (user environment, uts, filesystems, etc.) Could you elaborate why

Re: FW: [patch 01/02] vfs: variant symlinks

2007-09-29 Thread Al Viro
On Sat, Sep 29, 2007 at 12:40:23PM -0700, Schmidt, Kenneth P wrote: The best example of how this can be useful is to allow a heterogeneous environment which uses a common filesystem. For example, both x86_64 and power systems could mount a root nfs share and execute with a common set of

Re: FW: [patch 01/02] vfs: variant symlinks

2007-09-29 Thread Trond Myklebust
On Sat, 2007-09-29 at 12:40 -0700, Schmidt, Kenneth P wrote: The best example of how this can be useful is to allow a heterogeneous environment which uses a common filesystem. For example, both x86_64 and power systems could mount a root nfs share and execute with a common set of

Re: [patch 01/02] vfs: variant symlinks

2007-09-28 Thread Al Viro
On Fri, Sep 28, 2007 at 10:16:01AM -0700, Ken Schmidt wrote: > Variant symlinks add the ability to embed variables in to the contents of > symbolic links so their targets can change based on outside sources (user > environment, uts, filesystems, etc.) NAK - it's too ugly to live. - To

Re: [patch 01/02] vfs: variant symlinks

2007-09-28 Thread Jan Dittmer
Ken Schmidt wrote: > Variant symlinks add the ability to embed variables in to the > contents of symbolic links so their targets can change based on > outside sources (user environment, uts, filesystems, etc.) Could you elaborate why this is needed and what part cannot be solved in userspace

[patch 01/02] vfs: variant symlinks

2007-09-28 Thread Ken Schmidt
Variant symlinks add the ability to embed variables in to the contents of symbolic links so their targets can change based on outside sources (user environment, uts, filesystems, etc.) Signed-off-by: Ken Schmidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- diff -urN linux-2.6.22.5.orig/include/linux/variant.h

Re: [patch 01/02] vfs: variant symlinks

2007-09-28 Thread Jan Dittmer
Ken Schmidt wrote: Variant symlinks add the ability to embed variables in to the contents of symbolic links so their targets can change based on outside sources (user environment, uts, filesystems, etc.) Could you elaborate why this is needed and what part cannot be solved in userspace

[patch 01/02] vfs: variant symlinks

2007-09-28 Thread Ken Schmidt
Variant symlinks add the ability to embed variables in to the contents of symbolic links so their targets can change based on outside sources (user environment, uts, filesystems, etc.) Signed-off-by: Ken Schmidt [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- diff -urN linux-2.6.22.5.orig/include/linux/variant.h

Re: [patch 01/02] vfs: variant symlinks

2007-09-28 Thread Al Viro
On Fri, Sep 28, 2007 at 10:16:01AM -0700, Ken Schmidt wrote: Variant symlinks add the ability to embed variables in to the contents of symbolic links so their targets can change based on outside sources (user environment, uts, filesystems, etc.) NAK - it's too ugly to live. - To unsubscribe