On Sun, Oct 31, 2004 at 11:54:50PM +0100, Marek Szyprowski wrote:
> Hello Nathan
>
> On 31.10.04, you wrote:
>
> >> Where could I find any information about format of on-disk structures
> >> of XFS filesystem?
> > fs/xfs/*.h :|
>
> I read them, but it is really hard to find any valuable information in
> them... :(
you could also read the design documents which are on the sgi site in
pdf format, they are not disk-format documentation per se, but they
may help somewhat.
> >> I want to write a XFS-filesystem driver for AmigaOS and MorphOS
> >> (AmigaOS compatible clone).
>
> > I'd advise porting the open source code rather than attempting
> > to write from scratch - XFS is a fairly complex filesystem.
>
> I know that XFS is complex - that's why I want to write only simple
> read-only filesystem driver (that also all I need). Also filesystem driver
> in Linux are completely diffrent than in AmigaOS, so it is easier to write
> it from scratch, than port.
perhaps, perhaps not ;-)
--
Ethan Benson
http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/
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