linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/7] overlay filesystem: request for inclusion

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Message-ID: <15119.1307864693@jrobl>
Date:	Sun, 12 Jun 2011 16:44:53 +0900
From:	"J. R. Okajima" <hooanon05@...oo.co.jp>
To:	Michal Suchanek <hramrach@...trum.cz>
Cc:	Miklos Szeredi <miklos@...redi.hu>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	NeilBrown <neilb@...e.de>, viro@...iv.linux.org.uk,
	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, apw@...onical.com, nbd@...nwrt.org,
	jordipujolp@...il.com, ezk@....cs.sunysb.edu
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/7] overlay filesystem: request for inclusion


Michal Suchanek:
> Anyway, as I understand it aufs is not going to be merged because the
> VFS maintainers don't want a filesyetem (like aufs) but do accept only
> mount (overlayfs or unionmount).
>
> So overlayfs is the only way forward now since unionmount development
> has stopped.

Actually overlayfs is union-type-filesystem as aufs, instead of
union-type-mount.
If the development of UnionMount is really stopped, then I'd ask people
to consider merging aufs as well as overlayfs.


J. R. Okajima
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