On Fri, Mar 29, 2013 at 3:56 PM, Pranay Srivastava <pranjas@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Pranay Srivastava <pranjas@xxxxxxxxx> > Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2013 15:53:21 +0530 > Subject: Re: Creating mkfs for my custom filesystem > To: Sankar P <sankar.curiosity@xxxxxxxxx> > > > > On 3/29/13, Sankar P <sankar.curiosity@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I am trying to write a simple filesystem to learn the basics of it. >> >> I have decided on a simple layout for my filesystem where the first >> block will be the super block and will contain the version >> information etc. The second block will contain the list of inodes. >> Third block onwards will be data blocks. Each file can grow only up to >> a single block size. Thrid block will represent the first file, fourth >> block for the second file and so on. Directories will not be >> supported. >> >> Now I want to create a mkfs for my filesystem as mentioned above. But >> I am not able to find out how to do the mkfs for my filesystem such >> that the generic mkfs utility will understand my filesystem. What APIs >> should I be using ? >> >> Any help is appreciated. Thanks. >> >> -- >> Sankar P >> http://psankar.blogspot.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Kernelnewbies mailing list >> Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies >> > > Hi Sankar, > > I started with something like that. Although I wrote just a bit more > complex but it really is quite simple. If you want you can use this > and I'll also like to contribute to it. > > https://github.com/pranjas/psfs.git > > Checkout psfs.h and psfs-format.c for complete details. Let me know if > you need any help. > Thank you. Yours seems a bit complex with support for extents etc. I am planning to start as simple as it could be. However, I believe your code will help me to find the right APIs I need. I will let you know once I publish my code. Your code should be very helpful to me. Thanks. -- Sankar P http://psankar.blogspot.com _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies
