On Sat, 29 Nov 2008 19:02:45 +0000 Matthew Garrett <mjg@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sat, Nov 29, 2008 at 06:56:45PM +0000, Jamie Lokier wrote: > > > I don't see why there is an objection to per-mountpoint. > > Andrew Morton's syntax: mount /dev/foo /mnt/bar -o relatime=86400 > > looks natural to me. > > If somebody feels that this functionality would be useful, they're > welcome to write it. If someone writes it, I'll merge it. > A global default doesn't preclude per-mountpoint > settings. This patch makes the existing kernel code more useful and so > is worthwhile on its own, even if it doesn't scratch everyone's itch. The standard, usual, expected way of modifying a filesystem's behaviour is via mount options. This is also quite flexible. Is there some extraordinary reason why the standard interface is not to be used here? -- 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
