Re: Reliable hard links with mkisofs/ISO-9660/RR

From: Max Khon <fjoe_at_samodelkin.net>
Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2006 20:22:04 +0700
Hi!

On Tue, Oct 03, 2006 at 08:41:09PM +0200, Joerg Schilling wrote:

> > > I just started to implement a long planned extension to mkisofs
> > > and Solaris hsfs that will allow hard links to work correctly.
> > >
> > > Is there any interest to also support this on FreeBSD?
> > >   
> >
> > Sorry to be obtuse, but if you write it in mkisofs then won't it 
> > automatically be supported
> > on FreeBSD when we use mkisofs?
> >
> > Is it possible that you are asking about our kernel isofs support?
> 
> FreeBSD currently seems to bascally implement the same fake inode algorithm
> as SunOS does since ~ 1989.
> 
> I did extend mkisofs during the past days and started to extend hsfs from 
> Solaris. Once I am ready, I could present the results in case there is someone
> who is willing to work on the FreeBSD filesystem module, I could explain what
> needs to be done.

Please do.

/fjoe
Received on Mon Oct 23 2006 - 11:44:32 UTC

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