Re: supermount ?

From: Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Date: Thu Mar 22 2001 - 18:03:55 EST


> Supermount sounds to me like a very important part of linux, at least for us
> who like our cds/dvds/etc. to work as easily as in fx. windows. For linux to
> be popular among "normal" users, it should be present at every system with
> local removable drives. So, my question is; why isn't supermount a standard
> part of the kernel, or at least a module ?

Because it wants rewriting as a clean file system using the 2.4 dcache and
layering itself above the real fs. In theory the infrastructure for this is
all there.

Alan

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