From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262117AbVGFLdw (ORCPT ); Wed, 6 Jul 2005 07:33:52 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262226AbVGFLdm (ORCPT ); Wed, 6 Jul 2005 07:33:42 -0400 Received: from pentafluge.infradead.org ([213.146.154.40]:1695 "EHLO pentafluge.infradead.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262119AbVGFI4v (ORCPT ); Wed, 6 Jul 2005 04:56:51 -0400 Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2005 09:56:46 +0100 From: Christoph Hellwig To: Jeremy Maitin-Shepard Cc: ninja@slaphack.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: reiser4 plugins Message-ID: <20050706085646.GB21650@infradead.org> Mail-Followup-To: Christoph Hellwig , Jeremy Maitin-Shepard , ninja@slaphack.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <200507042032.j64KWiY9009684@laptop11.inf.utfsm.cl> <42CB0A40.3070903@slaphack.com> <877jg4an70.fsf@jbms.ath.cx> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <877jg4an70.fsf@jbms.ath.cx> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-SRS-Rewrite: SMTP reverse-path rewritten from by pentafluge.infradead.org See http://www.infradead.org/rpr.html Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Jul 05, 2005 at 06:43:31PM -0400, Jeremy Maitin-Shepard wrote: > > Let's say cryptocompress gets implemented. Not all of userland > > rewritten, not even any of userland rewritten, just a cryptocompress > > plugin for the kernel. And instead of having to learn a new tool, I can > > just browse around in /meta. > > What is the relationship between file-as-dir or special meta-data and > transparent encryption+compression? I do not see why file-as-dir would > require such a special interface. It's not related at all. transparent encryption+compression is a nice extension.