NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

     vfs - kernel interface to file systems

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

     The virtual file system, VFS, is  the  kernel  interface  to
file systems.
     The  interface  specifies the calls for the kernel to access
file systems.
     It also specifies the core functionality that a file  system
must provide
     to the kernel.

     The  focus  of vfs activity is the vnode and is discussed in
vnode(9).

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

     intro(9), vnode(9), VOP_LOOKUP(9)

OpenBSD     3.6                       September     22,      2001