[Athfs-developer] Re: Details wrt documents and code

[Cristian F. P. G. <kem...@ya...>]

On Tue, 2003-07-15 at 09:31, Cristian F. Prieto G. wrote:
> This is my first mail to all of you (I hope it won't be the last)... I
> got some troubles with my computer, my home, my classes, but everything
> is fine right now, so I can keep going working with the code and with
> the project.
> 
> Let's write some stuff about the last questions and messages on the list
> (by the way, I got serious troubles sending mail to the mail list with
> my Evolution, if any of you know how to fix it... welcome).<BR>
> 
> First, AFS (AtheOS FileSystem) is the official name of the AthFS, but
> the Andrew FileSystem was first in the list, so we choose another name
> for the Project... what is the project about?... easy, the first goal is
> to write a Linux FileSystem Kernel Module using the 2.4 kernel series
> for the AtheOS File System used by AtheOS and Syllable Operating System
> (I guess it will change the name to SyllableStor or something similar in
> the SyllableOS). The next goal with the project is to write the
> documentation about this filesystem (specs, and similar). We hope to
> write some userland applications in the future to handle this FS too (as
> a filecheck and format utilities for Linux and other OSes -for example,
> there is not any file system integrity check system for this in Syllable
> nor AtheOS-).<BR>
> 
> AFS is based on the BFS (Be File System) and it is based in a multimedia
> storage file system. It has a lot of extensions to handle MIME types and
> similar. We are trying to base the driver code based in the actual BeFS
> Linux Kernel Module but we hope to write our own code in a very close
> future.
> 
> Right now there are just a few lines and chunks of code, and I almost
> finishing the documentation about some few stuff of this file system,
> and yes, all the doc is been written from scratch looking in the code of
> the BeFS LKM and the Syllable sourcecode. I guess it will be very useful
> the Dominic Giampaolo's book: "Practical File System Design with the
> BeOS File System"... but I haven't...
> 
> Try to understand the code and write some doc is something difficult,
> and there is another big trouble in my hands, English is not my native
> language; so, I will need somebody to fix my grammar and spelling
> errors.
> 
> It is true, the project has been something like dead the past two
> months... but right now it is time to start working...
> 
> I will like to keep in touch with all of you, let me know anything...
> and thanks a lot Stuart to forward me the mails...
> 
> Xaludos...
> 
> Xtian
> 
> On Tue, 2003-07-15 at 01:05, Stuart Longland wrote:
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> > uda...@lk... wrote:
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> > | hi Stuart,
> > |
> > | Wanted to know if you've prepared any design documents related to the
> > | AtheOS Filesystem? ...
> > 
> > There isn't any as yet (as far as I know)
> > 
> > | What has been the approach till date, as in how did you go about
> > | making the small section of code...
> > 
> > The small section of code was based on the BeOS Filesystem driver --
> > since the AtheOS & BeOS filesystems are similar.  The basic algorithms
> > are also largely done for us through the code in Syllable.  It's a
> > matter of banging out a similar piece of code that will fit into the
> > Linux kernel source.
> > 
> > - --
> > +-------------------------------------------------------------+
> > | Stuart Longland           stuartl at longlandclan.hopto.org |
> > | Brisbane Mesh Node: 719             http://stuartl.cjb.net/ |
> > | I haven't lost my mind - it's backed up on a tape somewhere |
> > | Griffith Student No:           Course: Bachelor/IT (Nathan) |
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