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Subject: Re: [PATCH] vxfs fix
To: Andries.Brouwer@cwi.nl
Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2001 20:41:00 +0100 (BST)
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> 	From: Alan
> 
> 	Alternatively pass a flag to the mount command saying
> 	"this is a guesswork special" then V7 fs can just return 'not me'
> 
> Parse failure.

Let me try again:

When the read_super method is invoked
AND we are doing a mount without a defined type
	THEN
		Pass the fs a flag from the VFS saying so
	ENDIF

That way the file system can actually say "I cannot reliably check"