Alan writes:
> When the read_super method is invoked
> AND we are doing a mount without a defined type
> THEN
> Pass the fs a flag from the VFS saying so
> ENDIF
>
> That way the file system can actually say "I cannot reliably check"
Isn't this what the "silent" option to read_super is for? It may be that
it can only be used at root fs mount time. Other than that, I don't
_think_ the kernel does autoprobing of filesystem types, so it is a
mount(8) issue to just not randomly try the V7 filesystem type.
Cheers, Andreas
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