UMSDOS [was: GNUnification]
Hi!
>>>>> Matthew Wilcox writes:
MW> UMSDOS is a hideous system. I'm currently working on code which
MW> will allow Linux to drop support for it altogether. Basically,
MW> it's far superior to use a file on an MS-DOS filesystem as a
MW> device on which you create an ext2 filesystem.
Excellent!
As soon as the Hurd has even a plain-vanilla FAT filesystem, this will
be possible. (Every Hurd filesystem already can use a file on another
filesystem as if it was the raw device.) However, there are still
reasons to have something like UMSDOS, so that DOS users can read
files that they created under the Hurd.
I envision a single filesystem server for FAT filesystems,
`/hurd/fatfs', which will support several `--compat=' options:
dos no filesystem extensions, not even long names
vfat Windows95 long file names
umsdos compatibility with Linux UMSDOS
hurd use full Hurd semantics
I trust that Thomas will do it well, even if it is a total rewrite.
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