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>> Also i think if you are interested in reading the first sector
>> then you can probably check the block/genhd.c file
>> get the disk (i.e struct genhd) then the partition (struct hdpart)
>> you will be able to get the first sector.
> Thanks, a well documented source file. However, shouldn't I get the
> right partition (I called it block device in previously sent mails,
> thought of e.g. /dev/sda2 as a device not a partition) from VFS when a
> user requestes mounting it?
>
>> That's an old assignment from my uni.
> Wow, exactly what I needed! Thanks for this starting point.
>
>> I would redirect you to learn about struct gendisk and struct bio.
> Noted, I will take a look after studying the vvfs-files from Stephens link.
>
>> Can you tell what are you trying to achieve?
> I'd like to implement a filesystem as kernel modul (like fat, ext2,
> ...). The filesystem is a very simple one, based on chained blocks
> (similar to linked lists in c). I "invented" it when I tried to write
> a bootloader that does not require a second stage to read an kernel
> image. (This is all more or less a "because we can"-project, no
> commercial background, just learning).
>
> Once again, thank you guys!
>
> Greetings,
>
> Dan
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> Dan Luedtke
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