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

[Alan Hourihane <alanh@fairlite.co.uk>]

On Wed, 2008-08-20 at 11:03 +0200, Frank Naumann wrote:
> Hello!
> 
> >> This avoid any modification on the xfs, we don't have any compatibility
> >> problems and the directories are handled generically inside the kernel.
> >
> > Without adding a new flag to the XFS module to detect an older XFS, I'm
> > not sure how adding additional checks for EISDIR into the kernel
> > filesystem layer can help.
> 
> If you can move the two modifications inside the xfs into the upper layer 
> you don't need to modify the xfs at all. I think that's much better.

I still dont understand how you can do this.

The kernel is allowing read-only directories through to the XFS.

How is the filesystem layer meant to know to refuse that with an older
XFS ??

Alan.