Re: How to go on with ISO 9660 large file support ?

[Wolfgang Solfrank <Wolfgang%Solfrank.net@localhost>]

Hi Thomas,

unfortunately, I'm a bit scarce on round tuits right now,
so here only some random comments:

> - cd9660_readdir() serving as VOP_READDIR(9)
>
>    The case of mount -o norrip,nogens already used a delivery function
>    with delayed file candidates: cd9660_vnops.c : iso_shipdir().
>    Originally it only had the task to find the youngest version of a
>    ISO 9660 data file. Now it also counts the follow-up directory
>    records of the same file and skips over them.

Don't forget that in case of -o norrip, iso_shipdir is also
complicated by associated files

> - cd9660_lookup() as VOP_LOOKUP(9)
>
>    mount -o norrip returned the last record of matching name,
>    whereas -o rrip returned the first matching record.

RRIP doesn't have the concept of multiple versions of a file.

> There is also an ISO image emerging which (by hex editor) exposes
> exotic or even illegal situations. 6.1.3 and the host operating system
> show interesting effects when mounting it.

What 6.1.3 do you refer to here? Certainly not to the entry
in ECMA-119 labelled "Volume Space"?

> - I could not yet find ISO images or software which would provide
>    test opportunities for ISO 9660 Associated Files or Extented
>    Attributes (which are not related to getextattr(1)/extattr(9)).

Regarding associated files, I saw those used by Apple for their
resource fork.  Albeit I haven't seen any ISOs with them recently.

Ciao,
Wolfgang
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