======================================= 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