Re: XATTR structure for BIOS filesystem #2

[itschere@techfak.uni-bielefeld.de]

roemer@informatik.uni-frankfurt.de writes:

> I would prefer such a solution since it allows setting the file-type (for
> instance to S_IFSOCK in MiNT-Net) and the preferred blockize.

The remaining parts of my security feelings tell me that this should
perhaps better be done in an additional Dcntl() call. I think changing
the file type from within the device driver isn't very clean.

Nevertheless, Dcntl()s should really be limited to superuser proggys.

TeSche
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