[arch-dev-public] kernel26 unionfs/aufs conflict

[Aaron Griffin]

On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 4:20 AM, Jan de Groot <jan at jgc.homeip.net> wrote:
> > -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
>  > Van: arch-dev-public-bounces at archlinux.org [mailto:arch-dev-public-
>  > bounces at archlinux.org] Namens Simo Leone
>  > Verzonden: woensdag 26 maart 2008 10:10
>  > Aan: arch-dev-public at archlinux.org
>  > Onderwerp: Re: [arch-dev-public] kernel26 unionfs/aufs conflict
>
>
> >
>  > On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 08:34:37AM +0100, Tobias Powalowski wrote:
>  > >
>  > > Hi
>  > > to reconsider, you were the guys that wanted those filesystem stuff
>  > in the
>  > > kernel,
>  > > I just add/fix hardware support which doesn't conflict with such
>  > stuff, so
>  > > figure out how to fix it send patches that it works for the stuff you
>  > need
>  > > it.
>  > > Checkout Aufs from latest CVS and try to combine it that it works.
>  > > I don't use any of this filesystems.
>  > >
>  > Ok, let's assume for right now that we aren't going to drop either of
>  > them. Would you, as the kernel maintainer, prefer the in-tree solution
>  > of effectively aliasing the function names; or the out-of-tree solution
>  > of patching aufs to deal with unionfs's function names? Either will
>  > work
>  > just fine.
>
>  I would prefer to have these symbols exported only once and patch the
>  package that needs these kernel symbols with a different name. Yes, it's a
>  little bit more work for the external module maintainer, but it keeps our
>  kernel cleaner that way.

Agreed. Lets patch aufs if we can to use the unionfs symbol.