Re: autofs v4: speak now .... documents

[Richard Gooch]

H. Peter Anvin writes:
> Will do.  For what it's worth, I discussed a few options for
> supporting direct mounts (based on Richard's suggestion) with Linus
> today, and I might actually be able to get a VFS change into 2.3
> that would let us support direct mounts; we're evaluating a few
> methods (including one option of supporting sandwich mounts that
> hadn't been considered before.)  Please don't get your hopes too far
> up, but there is at least a possibility that direct mounts might be
> supportable after all.

Could you explain what you have in mind for these sandwich mounts? How
would they work?

                                Regards,

                                        Richard....