Re: [PATCH] vxfs fix

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Thu, 2 Aug 2001 20:41:00 +0100 (BST)

> From: Alan
>
> Alternatively pass a flag to the mount command saying
> "this is a guesswork special" then V7 fs can just return 'not me'
>
> Parse failure.

Let me try again:

When the read_super method is invoked
AND we are doing a mount without a defined type
THEN
Pass the fs a flag from the VFS saying so
ENDIF

That way the file system can actually say "I cannot reliably check"
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