discuss: Proposal: HOWTO write a file system
Subject:
Re: [discuss] Proposal: HOWTO write a file system
From:
jdd ####@####.####
Date:
2 Sep 2005 10:55:46 -0000
Message-Id: <43182FB0.8060102@dodin.org>
kave Aryan wrote:
> Hi,
> I'm a student of CE at University of Tehran;
> final project of my file structure course was about
> writing a file system for linux and finding out how
> the kernel VFS works; for the latter subject I found
> many resources on the net which were about linux
> kernel and therefore about VFS as a part. But there
> were nothing about "how to write a file system for
> linux".
> So I referred to kernel source code and after a hard
> week:) soultion emerged.
> I am intended to write "HOWTO write a file system in
> linux", which illustrates the subject with an example,
> the example FS could be a "completely new FS" which I
> would design it for the HOWTO, or an already existing
> simple FS like FAT.
> I wait for your idea, about whole thing and about the
> example.
It's a very good idea. Do you know that it's possible to use
a loop mounted file to do so? I used that on a linux course
to make my student experiment without destroying the system :-).
create an empty file with "dd", and use it as a normal
partition (it was two years ago, I don't remember the exact
syntax).
With this anybody can play with your howto, an I know I will
be pleased to do so :-).
jdd
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