Re: RFC: Aufs distribution format

2011-08-08 Thread Hans-Peter Jansen
On Saturday 06 August 2011, 05:11:12 sf...@users.sourceforge.net wrote: > Tomas M: > > Does anybody know why some of the functions are exported in kernel > > and some are not? What makes a function/symbol eligible for > > exporting in vanilla kernel? Who decides that? Would it be possible > > to se

Re: RFC: Aufs distribution format

2011-08-05 Thread sfjro
Tomas M: > Does anybody know why some of the functions are exported in kernel and > some are not? What makes a function/symbol eligible for exporting in > vanilla kernel? Who decides that? Would it be possible to send a patch > to LKML which just exports the symbols which AUFS needs? If I remembe

Re: RFC: Aufs distribution format

2011-08-04 Thread Tomas M
Thank you for answer. Does anybody know why some of the functions are exported in kernel and some are not? What makes a function/symbol eligible for exporting in vanilla kernel? Who decides that? Would it be possible to send a patch to LKML which just exports the symbols which AUFS needs? Tomas M

Re: RFC: Aufs distribution format

2011-08-04 Thread sfjro
Hi, Tomas M: > My question: Is it possible to release aufs in a different form, which > doesn't need the kernel to be recompiled and rebooted? ::: > Is it technically possible? > Or is it impossible? > Or is it possible but very hard work ? I think it is possible, just my guess. But unde