Re: Can I change XFS_NAME?

[Nathan Scott <nathans@sgi.com>]

On Fri, Dec 06, 2002 at 11:16:47AM +0100, Seth Mos wrote:
> At 18:55 6-12-2002 +0900, Sakata wrote:
> >Hello.
> >
> >I made a change to XFS_NAME in xfs_fs.h like this:
> >#define XFS_NAME "xfs" -> #define XFS_NAME "xxxxx_xfs"
> >
> >Kernel compiled ok and boots normally. But can't mount xfs partition.

Need more details to diagnose this... what command did you try?
And exactly what errors do you see (from mount or in syslog)?

> My best guess is that mount needs to check for this signature as well. Have 
> you tried an strace on the mount command?
> 
> >Is it possible to make a change to XFS_NAME in xfs_fs.h?
> >If Possible, to mount xfs partition what should I do?
> 
> Maybe one of the other developers can comment on this.

XFS_NAME isn't actually used everywhere it perhaps could be,
one spot its not used is in the structure passed into the
register_filesystem call...

-- 
Nathan