Re: simplefs - a ridiculosly simple file system from the scratch

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On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 11:06 AM, Sankar P <sankar.curiosity@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> One recommendation: add support for page-cache. Start with read-cache
>> only, and then mmap support, you need that to allow binary execution.
>>
>
> oh okay. You suggest that I should do this before I start implementing
> the support for extents ?
>
> Sankar

Sankar,

Do a strace on just about any program and you will see mmap is used
heavily.  Extents is an internal nicety, but mmap is core
functionality that you would need even on a simpleFS for an embedded
system.

Greg
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Greg Freemyer

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