On 14-08-28 02:12 AM, anupam kapoor wrote: >>>>>> [Thu, 28 Aug 2014 00:54:47 -0400]: "nick" (nick): > ,----[ nick ] > | Hey Guys, > | Thanks for the help so far. I am wondering after reading the btrfs > | code for certain functions there seem to > | be a lot of u64 variable and function returns of this type. Is this > | common in file system due to the disk > | being in a certain format and depending on the CPU being big or small > | endian that this needed to not reorder > | the disk parts that are being read into main memory and preserve the data's > ordering? > | Cheers Nick > `---- > on disk format is little-endian. > > have a look at https://btrfs.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Main_Page for > more information. > > kind regards > anupam > Forget to check the wiki and found what I was looking for. In addition, the code docs for the kernel are some of the best I am ever seen, the only three that even compare are the Yocto Project, Arch Wiki and Red Hat docs. Now I understand why you guys state to read the docs first :). Cheers Nick
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