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| author | Nikolaus Rath <Nikolaus@rath.org> | 2017-09-17 09:35:43 +0100 |
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| committer | Nikolaus Rath <Nikolaus@rath.org> | 2017-09-17 09:35:43 +0100 |
| commit | 109ab4fa5307dbbb28a787b88d0ec4a125dd00e7 (patch) | |
| tree | b4ac7b217100043177a22300cbb24cde56759768 /doc/mainpage.dox | |
| parent | cfdca8c6a0f901f409d0a66dd158bd6c8b470bb6 (diff) | |
| download | libfuse-109ab4fa5307dbbb28a787b88d0ec4a125dd00e7.tar.gz | |
Added some documentation of fuse internals.
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diff --git a/doc/mainpage.dox b/doc/mainpage.dox index dc64868..36ba3bc 100644 --- a/doc/mainpage.dox +++ b/doc/mainpage.dox @@ -35,5 +35,20 @@ href="files.html">examples</a> directory. A good starting point are hello.c (for the high-level API) and hello_ll.c (for the low-level API). +## FUSE internals ## + +The authoritative source of information about libfuse internals +(including the protocol used for communication with the FUSE kernel +module) is the source code. + +However, some people have kindly documented different aspects of FUSE +in a more beginner friendly way. While this information is +increasingly out of date, it still provides a good overview: + +- Bharat Vangoor et al have included an overview of the FUSE internals + in a <a href="fast17-vangoor.pdf">paper evaluating FUSE performance</a>. + +- Some documentation of the kernel-userspace protocol is available on + the <a href="https://github.com/libfuse/libfuse/wiki/">libfuse wiki</a>. */ |