Making an HFS+ Filesystem

From: Brian Kidder (b.kidder@ericsson.com)
Date: Fri Jan 28 2000 - 15:52:37 EST

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    I've been unable to locate any current effort to make Apple's HFS+
    format available to Linux, so I'm considering making a stab at it.

    Before I get to code, though, I need to learn how the kernel and VFS
    system talk with the file system modules. I'd like to learn from an
    existing module that is (relatively) intelligently written, and
    up-to-date with where the kernel and VFS are going. Using the old HFS
    module is sounding more and more like a no, no, given the changes that
    have happened since then. I am familiar with, and have detailed specs
    on, the HFS+ format; its the linux side of things that are weak.

    What single-user-centric file system would make a good example? I'm
    assuming that ext2 and ext3 would make good multi-user-centric file
    system examples.

    Cheers,
    -Brian Kidder

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