Re: Loopback (dir->dir) mounting (NOT -o loop)

From: Michael Riepe (michael@stud.uni-hannover.de)
Date: Fri Jun 02 2000 - 08:53:12 EST

Next message: Jesse Pollard: "Re: tcp/ip over scsi"
Previous message: t.n.vanderleeuw@chello.nl: "Re: [PATCH] (#2) VM kswapd autotuning vs. -ac7"
In reply to: Chris Wedgwood: "Re: Loopback (dir->dir) mounting (NOT -o loop)"
Next in thread: Oystein Viggen: "Re: Loopback (dir->dir) mounting (NOT -o loop)"
Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ]

On Fri, Jun 02, 2000 at 01:10:03PM +1200, Chris Wedgwood wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 01, 2000 at 06:41:37AM -0400, Alexander Viro wrote:
>
> Chris, the following may clarify the situation: I'ld rather have it
> % bind oldplace newplace
>
> but didn't want to bother with userland...
>
> How does the attached patch look? It's against util-linix-2.10m which
> I believe is the latest?

One objection: `bind' is the name of a built-in command in bash and
pdksh. This will cause a LOT of confusion. Please choose another
name.

-- Michael "Tired" Riepe <Michael.Riepe@stud.uni-hannover.de> "All I wanna do is have a little fun before I die"

- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

Next message: Jesse Pollard: "Re: tcp/ip over scsi"
Previous message: t.n.vanderleeuw@chello.nl: "Re: [PATCH] (#2) VM kswapd autotuning vs. -ac7"
In reply to: Chris Wedgwood: "Re: Loopback (dir->dir) mounting (NOT -o loop)"
Next in thread: Oystein Viggen: "Re: Loopback (dir->dir) mounting (NOT -o loop)"
Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ]

This archive was generated by hypermail 2b29 : Wed Jun 07 2000 - 21:00:16 EST