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Re: [MiNT] FreeMiNT & MiNTlib patchset - add new support



On Tue, 2008-08-19 at 23:21 +0200, Frank Naumann wrote:
> Hello!
> 
> >> The patch adds the following support...
> >>
> >> Functions.
> >> fdopendir()
> >> fchdir()
> >> dirfd()
> >>
> >> New flags.
> >> O_NOATIME
> >> O_NOFOLLOW
> >> O_DIRECTORY
> >>
> >> I've been testing extensively with GNU tools and have fixed problems
> >> along the way since my last patches were sent on this and they seem good
> >> now. I've used coreutils, sed, m4, python, file, make and the list goes
> >> on successfully with these.
> >
> > Any questions/suggestions on these ?
> 
> Yes, I took a deeper look into the code. It looks good.
> 
> A question about this (I don't checked it): it is possible to catch 
> read/write request at a igher level instead inside the xfs? This make much 
> more sense (and avoid the problem if a newer kernel load an older xfs).

Oh, and as for loading older XFS modules. That's not going to work
really, as we're going to be allowing a read-only directory through to
the XFS. Older XFS's don't understand that.

Maybe we need a version check protocol between the XFS and the kernel to
ensure they are compatible ??

Alan.