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

[christos%astron.com@localhost (Christos Zoulas)]

In article <20140527142117.680756053F%jupiter.mumble.net@localhost>,
Taylor R Campbell  <campbell+netbsd-tech-kern%mumble.net@localhost> wrote:

>For the most part, struct iso_node is private to the kernel
>implementation of cd9660.  Since fstat(1) and pmap(1) use it, you
>should avoid changing the offsets within the structure of the members
>that fstat(1) and pmap(1) use, but I don't think you need to worry
>about preserving the whole API or the structure size.
>
>Some day, we ought to find a better way to do what fstat(1) and
>pmap(1) are doing with kernel guts.

I'd say it is not critical that those work if we have to run through
hoops to achieve compatibility. I.e. clean code would be my priority.

christos