arnd@xxxxxxxx wrote: > Many existing systems currently use unionfs or aufs for this > purpose, by overlaying a tmpfs over a read-only file > system like cramfs, squashfs or iso9660. IMHO, it would > be a much nicer solution to not require unionfs for a simple > case like this, but rather have support for it in the file > system. If people find this useful, we can do the same in > other read-only file system. > I don't agree that it is nicer to do this in cramfs. I prefer the technique of union of a tmpfs over some other fs because a single solution that works with all filesystems is better than re-implementing the same idea in multiple filesystems. Multiple implementations is a recipe for bugs and feature mismatch. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
