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Filesystems

There has been very little documentation so far regarding writing filesystems for Linux. Let's change that...
A tour of the Linux VFS
Before you can consider writing a filesystem for Linux, you need to have at least a vague understanding of how the Linux Virtual Filesystem Switch operates. The basic principles are fairly simple.
Design and Implementation of the Second Extended Filesystem
The three main authors and designers of ext2fs have written an excellent paper on it, and have contributed it to the KHG. This paper was first published in the Proceedings of the First Dutch International Symposium on Linux, ISBN 90-367-0385-9.
Filesystem Tutorial
It may be a long time before I get around to writing a tutorial on how to write a Linux filesystem; after all, I've never done it. Would someone else like to help?

Copyright (C) 1996 Michael K. Johnson, johnsonm@redhat.com.


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1. Note: Ext2 paper (Theodore Ts'o)
1. News: Done. (Michael K. Johnson)
2. News: More ext2 documentation (Michael K. Johnson)
3. News: Even more ext2 documentation! (Michael K. Johnson)
4. Question: Need NFS documentation (Ermelindo Mauriello)
5. Question: proc filesystem (Praveen Krishnan)
1. More: man proc (Michael K. Johnson)
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