QSP Labs
The Quality and Security Program Tirol invites to the upcoming Lab:
A Journey to Filesystem Lands
Richard Weinberger
CTO, sigma star GmbH
15.12.2017, 14:00–18:00
3W03 Seminar Room, ICT Building (2nd floor), Technikerstraße 21a, Innsbruck
In this lab an introduction to filesystem design and development is given. Students learn what constraints a
filesystem designer has to consider and what concepts current filesystems, such as ext4, NTFS or btrfs use. Richard will
select one filesystem, which is examined in detail such that students gain the basics to implement a minimal
filesystem driver.
Language: English
Structure: Presentation
Required Skills: Basic knowledge how operating systems work
Required Equipment: -
Maximal number of participants: 30
Richard Weinberger is co-founder of sigma star GmbH and offers Linux kernel consulting services.
He's been working with Linux for 10 years and works on the Linux kernel for more than five years.
Besides of the kernel he has a strong focus on various low level components of Linux including virtualization
techniques and networking security. Upstream he currently maintains UBI and UserModeLinux.
