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Message-ID: <20090908153949.GD5579@shareable.org>
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2009 16:39:49 +0100
From: Jamie Lokier <jamie@...reable.org>
To: Jorg Schummer <ext-jorg.2.schummer@...ia.com>
Cc: hirofumi@...l.parknet.co.jp, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH take 3][RFC] fat: Save FAT root directory timestamps to volume label
Jorg Schummer 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.
Does Mac OS X do the same "NO NAME" thing?
-- Jamie
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