From: mulyadi.santosa@gmail.com (Mulyadi Santosa)
To: kernelnewbies@lists.kernelnewbies.org
Subject: How does the kernel chooses the 'vfat' module for fat32 partitions?
Date: Tue, 10 May 2011 13:40:08 +0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <BANLkTi=q2Nps4j5rc+Y-arbwsCJP2kTLxw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <BANLkTik9MFHGePPv2pdeHABMoCQPEExjDQ@mail.gmail.com>
hi Sudheer...
On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 11:48, Sudheer Divakaran
<inbox1.sudheer@gmail.com> 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
blog: the-hydra.blogspot.com
training: mulyaditraining.blogspot.com
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-05-10 6:40 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-05-10 4:48 How does the kernel chooses the 'vfat' module for fat32 partitions? Sudheer Divakaran
2011-05-10 6:40 ` Mulyadi Santosa [this message]
2011-05-10 7:08 ` Sudheer Divakaran
2011-05-10 7:47 ` Sudheer Divakaran
2011-05-10 14:35 ` Mulyadi Santosa
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