On Sat, Mar 7, 2009 at 2:25 AM, Greg Freemyer <greg.freemyer@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 3:35 PM, Shyam Burkule <shyam.burkule@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Hi Greg, Thanks for your reply. >> >> >> Actually I am new to file system, I did work in memory management of Linux >> kernel. My concern is to understand file system, block architecture etc. I >> started reading, but wanted to do some implementation. Or you can try porting ext3grep to C :-) and add new features to it, that way you also learn the filesystem ondisk structures Let me know if you are interested, we can work together. Thanks - Manish >> >> >> Thanks >> Shyam > > If you want to start basic, do something via fuse. That way you stay > in user space. There are a lot fuse based filesystems to experiment > with. > > I still think the porting the ext4 defrag code to ext3 would be a good > learning experience. The nice thing about porting is that you get to > focus on little ideas at a time and don't have to fully understand > what is going on. > > Also, since ext2 / 3 is much simpler than ext4 you would be converting > complex code to simple code which is also much easier to do. > > If at the end of the day you throw away your work, thats fine too. I > just did want you to think you could do a lot of work on this and then > submit it. > > Greg > -- > Greg Freemyer > Litigation Triage Solutions Specialist > http://www.linkedin.com/in/gregfreemyer > First 99 Days Litigation White Paper - > http://www.norcrossgroup.com/forms/whitepapers/99%20Days%20whitepaper.pdf > > The Norcross Group > The Intersection of Evidence & Technology > http://www.norcrossgroup.com > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with > "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx > Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ > > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ
