Re: How does the kernel chooses the 'vfat' module for fat32 partitions?

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hi Sudheer...

On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 11:48, Sudheer Divakaran
<inbox1.sudheer@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi List,
>
> I have one doubt regarding the component which determines that 'vfat'
> module is the correct module to be used for accessing fat32 file
> systems and how does vfat.ko  became the ideal candidate for accessing
> fat32 partition?

AFAIK, kernel simply iterates the filesystem module so far loaded (the
ones you see in /proc/filesystems). Whichever match the superblock or
main metadata of the target partition, that is the one which is gonna
used...

-- 
regards,

Mulyadi Santosa
Freelance Linux trainer and consultant

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