File Systems

This page has information about file systems which are of interest to CE Linux Forum members.

Open source filesystems
Here are some filesystems designed for and/or commonly used in embedded devices:
 * JFFS2 - The Journalling Flash File System, version 2
 * CRAMFS - A compressed read-only file system for Linux
 * for information on Linear Cramfs, see ApplicationXIP
 * Squash Fs - A (more) compressed read-only file system for Linux
 * YAFFS - Yet Another Flash File System - a file system designed specifically for NAND flash
 * AXFS - Advanced XIP File System
 * ABISS - Active Block I/O Scheduling System - a file system designed for real-time I/O

Other projects

 * XPRESS file system - [See OLS 2006 proceedings, presentation by Chanju Park]