On 03/29/2013 06:48 PM, Sankar P wrote: > 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. Howdy Sankar, I found a simple mkfs's code. Hope it's helpful to you. -- https://github.com/mkatiyar/testfs/blob/master/util/mktestfs.c -- Best, Madper Xie. > > -- > Sankar P > http://psankar.blogspot.com > > _______________________________________________ > Kernelnewbies mailing list > Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies
