Re: How does the kernel chooses the 'vfat' module for fat32 partitions?

hi Sudheer... On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 11:48, Sudheer Divakaran <inbox1.sudheer@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi List,

I have one doubt regarding the component which determines that 'vfat' module is the correct module to be used for accessing fat32 file systems and how does vfat.ko  became the ideal candidate for accessing fat32 partition?

AFAIK, kernel simply iterates the filesystem module so far loaded (the ones you see in /proc/filesystems). Whichever match the superblock or main metadata of the target partition, that is the one which is gonna used... -- regards, Mulyadi Santosa Freelance Linux trainer and consultant blog: the-hydra.blogspot.com training: mulyaditraining.blogspot.com