[Syllable-kernel] Understanding for Athos Filesystem

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Hi ..

I have joined a group on Athfs developer group and posted a question
there..

Question --
| 1. Whats the main advantage /disadvantage of Atheos Filesystem in
| comparision to other filesystems on Linux .. lets say Ext3 ?


Answer --
Well, the AtheOS filesystem is actually a virtual filesystem, so along
with physical files & directories, there are also pipes/fifos, device
files, etc..  I'm really not the authority on this, certainly you're
welcome to ask the Syllable <http://syllable.sf.net/> development team.

The main thing about this filesystem is that it's specifically designed
for Syllable/AtheOS.  Syllable could quite easily use EXT3, and at one
stage, it was possible to run it on FAT32, but re-inventing the wheel
can be interesting, hence why this OS uses its own.

The AthFS project is about bringing this filesystem to the Linux kernel,
mainly to allow people to install Syllable & manipulate AthFS partitions
from within Linux.



But out here i m not conviced that its a virtual filesystem . The case
should be like you can actually load the Atheos Filesystem on Linux
Machine. As in you can have Amoeba , QNX4.x , etc. Correct me if i m wrong
on this.

Next what is the advantage/ disadvantage of AtheOS Filesystem , lets say
the characteristics of the same.

Where can i find some code/documentation links , that can give me a better
idea about the AtheOs Filesystem.

Regards
Udayan