Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Information on writing a filesystem | Date | Fri, 18 Dec 1998 15:01:59 -0300 | From | Horst von Brand <> |
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Jeff Knox <jknox@ethergate.com> said: > Does the book Linux Device Drivers cover how to write filesystems? I am > assuming not, because it is a fs not a device. If not, where can I find > docs on writing filesystem support for Linux? Thanks
Irrelevant. The file system design has changed a *lot* since 2.0 (what is described in the book, mostly). Look at the documentation bundled with the latest 2.1 kernel you can get your hands on, check the filesystem sources that are in there (particularly romfs (read-only, just one file; simplest of the lot) and perhaps Minix (complete, but still simple)), check the header files that are included by all carefully.
Then ask here. The guys that made all this happen hang out here, and might be willing to answer intelligent questions.
Happy hacking! -- Dr. Horst H. von Brand mailto:vonbrand@inf.utfsm.cl Departamento de Informatica Fono: +56 32 654431 Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria +56 32 654239 Casilla 110-V, Valparaiso, Chile Fax: +56 32 797513
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