linux-kernel - Re: Unionmount status?

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Date:	Thu, 14 Apr 2011 11:40:28 +0200
From:	Miklos Szeredi <miklos@...redi.hu>
To:	Michal Suchanek <hramrach@...trum.cz>
Cc:	Ian Kent <ikent@...hat.com>, Ric Wheeler <ricwheeler@...il.com>,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>,
	Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@...hat.com>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
Subject: Re: Unionmount status?

On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 11:32 AM, Michal Suchanek <hramrach@...trum.cz> wrote:
> I guess overlayfs includes the better part of unionmount and achieves
> similar level of functionality in much smaller code size and is
> actively developed.
>
> This might make it the best candidate for inclusion so far.
>
> It does not (yet?) support NFS which is one of the options commonly
> used with union solutions, though.

NFS is supported as a lower (read-only) layer, but not as an upper
(read-write) layer.

Thanks,
Miklos
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