Arnd Bergmann wrote: > On Saturday 31 May 2008, David Newall wrote: > >> I prefer the technique of union of a tmpfs over some other fs >> > > You're right in principle, but unfortunately there is to date no working > implementation of union mounts. Giving users the option of using an > existing file system with a few tweaks can only be better than than > forcing them to use hacks like unionfs. I've not used unionfs (nor aufs) so I'm not aware of its foibles, but I can say that it's the right kind of solution. Rather than spend effort implementing write support for read-only filesystems, why not put your time into fixing whatever you see wrong with one or both of those? -- 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
