kern/164516: [ext2fs] unable to mount EXT2 filesystem

[Uffe Jakobsen]

On 2012-01-29 05:26, Kostik Belousov wrote:

> On Sun, Jan 29, 2012 at 12:56:52AM +0100, Uffe Jakobsen wrote:
 >>> Question is if there exists a scenario
 >>> where the requested filesystem type would/could not be found by
 >>> getvfsbyname() ?
 >>>>
>> Anyway - would you accept a patch that checked the fstype using
>> getvfsbyname() before calling nmount() ?
>
> Kernel tries to load the named module if it is not registered in the
> list of know VFSes. Your proposal would break this functionality.

Thanks that was exactly the info I asked for - I had a feeling that 
there was some sort of catch.

I was not aware of that functionality in nmount - it is not mentioned in 
the manpage and I admit that i did not look deep into its source.

Well that settles the question - it is a no go - thx for your answer.

/Uffe