On Mon, Aug 03, 2009 at 02:05:08PM +0530, nidhi mittal hada 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 I would suggest starting with a simpler fs first, like a pseudo-filesystem, understand the VFS API, and read simple code which in the kernel (ie: fs/ramfs, fs/debugfs). Writing a native fs at once is not a suggested task if you have no experience in the are. Another approach is to start with stackable filesystems (unionfs). Useful resources: http://www.filesystems.org/ http://www.fsl.cs.sunysb.edu/docs/linux-stacking/linux.html http://www.letterp.com/~dbg/practical-file-system-design.pdf http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/6485 http://www.geocities.com/ravikiran_uvs/articles/rkfs.html Hope this helps. Davidlohr > but its huge code i am reading it from days > but i feel i catch one corner and forgetting other ...not much success > can someone guide how shd i proceed in understanding ext2 .. > > > actually i want some place where i can get ext2 documented ...or some > paper on it > o any kind of help will be appreciated .. > > -- > Thanks & Regards > Nidhi Mittal Hada > > -- > 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
