On 10/31/07, erik quanstrom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Why don´t add a QTCTL bit to Qid.type?
> > It would mean "this file does not behave like a regular file, do not cache
> > and
> > handle with care).
>
> why are the current namespace conventions insufficient?
> /mnt, /net, and /dev hold most, if not all, of the special files.
>
The dynamic nature of namespace works against such conventions.
Besides it would be nice to have a mechanism that could work in other
systems that use 9p. File servers should be able to convey whether a
file is cache-able or not.
-eric
