Re: How to start on new db-based FS?

Jose Luis Domingo Lopez (linux-kernel@24x7linux.org)
Fri, 26 Jul 2002 21:05:20 +0200


On Friday, 26 July 2002, at 11:07:42 -0500,
Johnny Q. Hacker wrote:

> I'm looking to start work in the next half-year to year on a filesystem
> with LDAP and then maybe later someSQL backing. Where's a good place
> to start? I'm going to have a look at NFS, because I think I might
> be able to use its interface into the kernel (I'm planning on making
> it a userspace daemon). Maybe autofs, although I think that's a
> different interface.
>
Just a pointer to a project on filesystems that seems "revolutionary" in
concepts and objectives: ReiserFS 4 (http://www.namesys.com).

Please don't ask me about details, because I don't know a thing about
filesystem design and such :-), but documentation at the above site can
give you some ideas, and maybe a place to start contributing.

Regards,

-- 
Jose Luis Domingo Lopez
Linux Registered User #189436     Debian Linux Woody (Linux 2.4.19-pre6aa1)
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