On Tue, Aug 05, 2014 at 10:22:32AM -0400, Greg Troxel wrote:
> > A "modified FUSE" is conceptually the same as a "Coda-specific kernel
> > interface", unless you convince the world that the wannabe new feature
> > is useful for "everyone" or at least for "many", besides Coda :(
> 
> Yes, but for any filesystem that has container files for local copies,
> the passthrough is useful.  So it is far more broadly useful than coda.
> It could be an optional extension, used if present, and put into a few
> FUSE implementations.

It looks definitely useful, but is there any filesystem other than Coda,
willing to benefit from such a capability? I do not mean to sound negative,
I just do not know the answer.

Rune