[ros-kernel] Re: XFS Filesystem?

[Frank D. E. Jr. <fd...@ya...>]

NTFS requires these already; the mechanisms should be in place on time
for NTFS support, so they could probably be used for XFS as well.

--- David Welch <we...@cw...> wrote:
> 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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