hi all, EXT2 and many disk based filesystems used the generic_file_read/write provided by VFS layer for readinf and writing but EXT3 and NFS have their custom functions for that, i mean to say why networked file systems needs special call for that can VFS will not handle that too, AND in contrast one can say how the VFS handles the read/write system call for some specific filesystems.... thanks and Sorry if i have'n't dont my homework proper in filesystems thanks Prasanna __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - Send 10MB messages! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/