Re: Comment on new file implementation

2004-01-07 Thread Eric Pouech
Here are a few random thoughts on it: -- it seems we're duplicating a bit stuff like udev/proc, but we can't rely on them, so I guess it's not a big deal. However, somehow we should keep in mind that udev will allow for hotplugging disks etc, and we should keep an open eye to

Re: Comment on new file implementation

2004-01-07 Thread Eric Pouech
Juan Lang a écrit : Eric, the sooner the better as far as I'm concerned. In my quick read of the patch I didn't see any translating from the Win32 namespace to the NT namespace; do you plan to do anything there? I do actually use the NT name space in ntdll (NtCreateFile takes a NT path name). Did

Re: Comment on new file implementation

2004-01-07 Thread Juan Lang
Eric, the sooner the better as far as I'm concerned. In my quick read of the patch I didn't see any translating from the Win32 namespace to the NT namespace; do you plan to do anything there? To pick a (bad) example, the name \\server\share\file is valid in the Win32 namespace, but not in the NT

Re: Comment on new file implementation

2004-01-06 Thread Dimitrie O. Paun
On January 6, 2004 04:25 pm, Eric Pouech wrote: > Every volume on each available volume (partition on a physical disk) on > the system will be listed in ${WINEPREFIX}/device directory. Hi Eric, I have to admit I haven't read the patch, but the idea looks good. I personally like the use of the fil

Comment on new file implementation

2004-01-06 Thread Eric Pouech
I've been working lately on rehauling the file handling in Wine. The current output is a large patch, available here: http://perso.wanadoo.fr/pouech-eric/ep-file.diff.gz (400 KB uncompressed) It's not completly ready yet for inclusion, however some ongoing discussions could overlap with what I'