On Tue, 2009-09-08 at 16:34 +0200, Schummer Jorg.2 (EXT-TietoEnator/Helsinki) wrote: > Standard FAT implementations cannot store any of the FAT root directory's > timestamps. This commit adds the mount option 'rootts', which allows saving > the FAT root directory timestamps as the timestamps of the FAT volume label > directory entry. At least Mac OS X is known to support the same mechanism > and interoperate with this commit. > > When mounting, the following values can be specified for the 'rootts' mount > option: > > "rootts=ignore" ignores root directory timestamps. All timestamps are > reset to 0 (1/1/1970). This has been the FAT behaviour > prior to this patch. > > "rootts=preserve" tries to load and save the root directory's timestamps > if a volume label entry exists. The mtime and atime are > corrected based on root directory entries' ctime. This > is the default. > > "rootts=save" tries to load and save the root directory's timestamps. > The mtime and atime are corrected based on root > directory entries' ctime. If the root directory was > accessed but no volume label entry exists, the label > "NO NAME" is created. Hello again, in case anyone would like to send some feedback or comments about the patch, please use this email address from now on: jorg@xxxxxxx . Thanks, Jörg -- 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
