Re: Information on writing a filesystem

Alexander Viro (viro@math.psu.edu)
Fri, 18 Dec 1998 11:11:41 -0500 (EST)


On Fri, 18 Dec 1998, Chris Wedgwood wrote:

> On Thu, Dec 17, 1998 at 09:51:05PM -0800, Jeff Knox wrote:
>
> > Does the book Linux Device Drivers cover how to write filesystems?
>
> I would assume so -- but having never looked, can't say.
>
> > 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
>
> The kernel source -- fs/*
>
> Check out romfs first (because its simple) them maybe fat or devpts.
^^^^^^^^^
Please, don't. FAT is one of the wierdest ones. It lacks real
inodes and goes to all kinds of losing tricks to deal with that.

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