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authorIan Moffett <ian@osmora.org>2025-08-17 03:55:00 -0400
committerIan Moffett <ian@osmora.org>2025-08-17 03:55:00 -0400
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docs: kernel: Add disk framework docs
Signed-off-by: Ian Moffett <ian@osmora.org>
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+=======================================
+ Device filesystem (/dev) interface
+=======================================
+
+ USER
+ / \
+ /dev/sd0, /dev/sd1
+ / \
+ namei() namei()
+ / \
+ vop() vop()
+ / \
+ driver driver
+ / \
+ HARD DRIVE 0 HARD DRIVE 1
+
+=======================================
+ Hyra disk engine framework
+=======================================
+ USER
+ |
+ HDEI [ hyra disk-engine interface: like disk_io() ]
+ kernel -- |
+ HDE [ hyra disk engine: drives the core disk logic ]
+ |
+ HDF [ hyra disk framework (core logic) ]
+ / \
+ HARD DRIVE 0 HARD DRIVE 1
+
+
+ [DRIVER] <-> [DISK ENGINE]
+ ^
+ |
+ V
+ [ SLS / FILESYSTEM]
+ ^
+ |
+ V
+ [USER]
+
+
+ NOTES:
+
+ - Unix filesystem-like strucuture with indirection
+ for orthogonally persistent objects
+
+ - Explicit storage lifetime (i.e., persistent or ephemeral)
+ during allocation at a page-level granularity
+