From: Matthew Wilcox <matthew@wil.cx>
To: Francis Moreau <francis.moro@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Which fs is a good example for learning ?
Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2009 13:59:45 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20090105205945.GJ2002@parisc-linux.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <m2ljtpa3l9.fsf@gmail.com>
On Mon, Jan 05, 2009 at 09:40:50PM +0100, Francis Moreau wrote:
> I'd like to learn how file systems work on Linux and I don't know
> which file system driver I should look at to get a good picture of
> how a contemporary file system is designed.
>
> The choice has to be made according some criterias: the fs shouldn't
> be too hard since I'm pretty new in this area. Also not too
> old/obsolete since I'd like to learn from current technology.
You're giving some contradictory criteria. ext2 is probably the best
example to learn the basics, then you can move on to whichever
filesystem catches your fancy.
--
Matthew Wilcox Intel Open Source Technology Centre
"Bill, look, we understand that you're interested in selling us this
operating system, but compare it to ours. We can't possibly take such
a retrograde step."
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-01-05 20:59 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-01-05 20:40 Which fs is a good example for learning ? Francis Moreau
2009-01-05 20:59 ` Matthew Wilcox [this message]
2009-01-06 6:23 ` Avishay Traeger
2009-01-06 8:46 ` Francis Moreau
2009-01-06 13:36 ` Matthew Wilcox
2009-01-06 14:30 ` Francis Moreau
[not found] ` <c41302d20901052214j56a34b38h3a89f94b540be006@mail.gmail.com>
2009-01-06 8:49 ` Francis Moreau
2009-01-06 11:44 ` Jamie Lokier
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