What is EXT3_SUPER_MAGIC ? How is it arrived at ?
I am writing a file system for which I am referring to
the ext3 code... I am not able to arrive at a magic number
for my filesystem please help
#define EXT3_SUPER_MAGIC0xEF53 How this is arrived at ?
Regards,
Onkar
On 11/14/2010 9:59 AM, Onkar Mahajan wrote:
What is EXT3_SUPER_MAGIC ?
A signature for identification.
How is it arrived at ?
There is no formula for it. It can be anything.
UFS has signature (magic) which is bill joy's
birth date.
I am writing a file system for which I am referring to
the
On Sat, Nov 13, 2010 at 8:29 PM, Onkar Mahajan kern.de...@gmail.com wrote:
What is EXT3_SUPER_MAGIC ? How is it arrived at ?
There is no formula... it is just an identifier. Most of the times it
is the name of filesystem in hex.
I am writing a file system for which I am referring to
the ext3
