Hi, On 03/08/2009, nidhi mittal hada <nidhimittal19@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > hello all > i want to write a filesystem for kernel for learning purpose only . > i have read background theory from bach utlk > i was studying ext2 code for knowing how its written Understanding the Linux Kernel revision 3 has a very good chapter on Ext2/3. Is this not good enough? > but its huge code i am reading it from days > but i feel i catch one corner and forgetting other ...not much success Maybe you just need to take your time and read it a few times until the information sinks in. > can someone guide how shd i proceed in understanding ext2 .. shd? You can understand ext2 by looking at the code and reading the documentation (UTLKr3 and that other paper on ext2 which I forget the name of - Design of the Ext2 Filesystem?). > actually i want some place where i can get ext2 documented ...or some > paper on it > o any kind of help will be appreciated .. You could document it yourself. I'm documenting some userland software at work that I haven't written and it's amazing how good documenting something is at teaching you about the code/program. Srdjan -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ