[ros-kernel] Re: XFS Filesystem?

[David W. <we...@cw...>]

On Mon, Sep 24, 2001 at 06:56:22PM +0200, Casper Hornstrup wrote:
> 
> If the file system driver (FSD) is designed properly, it should not be too 
> difficult to port to ReactOS. FSDs can be split in three parts - the veneer, 
> the core, and the disk driver interface layer. The veneer is the most OS 
> specific layer. The core layer can be designed to be mostly OS independant 
> and is typically the largest part of the FSD. The core layer manages the 
> on-disk data structures. The disk driver interface layer interacts with the 
> OS drivers for disk storage and network devices. 
> 
> In short, if written correctly, only the veneer and the disk driver interface 
> layer would need to be rewritten to port it to ReactOS.
> 
If XFS is a journalling filesystem then it may need special mechanisms to 
allow it to specify the order in which filesystem metadata is written to 
disk.

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