Hello, On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 9:59 PM, Matthew Wilcox <matthew@xxxxxx> wrote: > On Mon, Jan 05, 2009 at 09:40:50PM +0100, Francis Moreau wrote: >> I'd like to learn how file systems work on Linux and I don't know >> which file system driver I should look at to get a good picture of >> how a contemporary file system is designed. >> >> The choice has to be made according some criterias: the fs shouldn't >> be too hard since I'm pretty new in this area. Also not too >> old/obsolete since I'd like to learn from current technology. > > You're giving some contradictory criteria. ext2 is probably the best > example to learn the basics, then you can move on to whichever > filesystem catches your fancy. > OK. That's what I think too but wasn't sure ext2 is still a good choice since it's pretty old and it looks like some younger fs seems to make ext2 obsolete. Also, it doesn't have a journal. thanks. -- Francis -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
