On 10/24/05, Devendra Singh Mahra <devendra.sm@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi all, > I am new to the field of kernel development. Can anyone please tell me > about the skills that one must possess, for making any modification to > existing file system. Any information about any resource which explains > linux file system development from the programmer's point of view and serves > as a step by step guide will be of help. If anyone can guide me about how to > go about to modify any linux/unix file system, it will be great help. > For working on File-System you first have to understand the VFS Layer in the kernel (search google for VFS documents) because VFS actually provides functions/methods (API) to file-system for interaction with the kernel and user space. You can also first create Virtual File System (one with-out any storage), for this consult "ramfs" in kernel fs directory and http://lwn.net/Articles/57369/ You can also start with the FUSE (File System in User Space), its now merged in 2.6.14-rcX series kernel ..... By the way, what kind of modification you want to do in existing file-systems ? -- Fawad Lateef -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
