Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1030181AbWAREzJ (ORCPT ); Tue, 17 Jan 2006 23:55:09 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1030183AbWAREzJ (ORCPT ); Tue, 17 Jan 2006 23:55:09 -0500 Received: from mustang.oldcity.dca.net ([216.158.38.3]:28138 "HELO mustang.oldcity.dca.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1030181AbWAREzI (ORCPT ); Tue, 17 Jan 2006 23:55:08 -0500 Subject: Re: userspace filesystem Vs kernelspace filesystem From: Lee Revell To: jeff shia Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <7cd5d4b40601172045j531a21b3y41db1dfbf84b769f@mail.gmail.com> References: <7cd5d4b40601172045j531a21b3y41db1dfbf84b769f@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2006 23:55:05 -0500 Message-Id: <1137560106.3587.57.camel@mindpipe> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.5.4 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 738 Lines: 22 On Wed, 2006-01-18 at 12:45 +0800, jeff shia wrote: > Hello,everyone! > > Linux kernel provides vfs for the various physical filesystems.The > profit we get from the > VFS is just the standard interface it provides such as read and write? > > Can we implement a user space filesystem which is actually a library?I > think it will be > faster than kernel space filesystem through the vfs layer. > > Any suggestions or commnets? Search list archives for FUSE (Filesystem in USErspace). Lee - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/