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+Mounting the base file system consists of the following:
+
+? Initialization of mount table chain control structure 
+? Allocation of a -jnode- structure that will server as the root node of the `In Memory 
+File System'
+? Initialization of the allocated -jnode- with the appropriate OPS, directory handlers 
+and pathconf limits and options.
+? Allocation of a memory region for file system specific global management variables
+? Creation of first mount table entry for the base file system 
+? Initialization of the first mount table chain entry to indicate that the mount point is 
+NULL and the mounted file system is the base file system
+
+
+After the base file system has been mounted, the following operations are performed 
+under its directory structure:
+
+? Creation of the /dev directory
+? Registration of devices under /dev directory 
+
+Mounting and Unmounting File Systems 
+
+? Characteristics of a Mount Point
+? The mount point must be a directory. It may have files and other directories under 
+it. These files and directories will be hidden when the file system is mounted.
+? The task must have read/write/execute permissions to the mount point or the 
+mount attempt will be rejected.
+? Only one file system can be mounted to a single mount point.
+? The Root of the mountable file system will be referenced by the name of the mount 
+point after the mount is complete.
+? Mount table chain
+? Content of the mount table chain entry
+
+struct rtems_filesystem_mount_table_entry_tt
+{
+  	Chain_Node                             			Node;
+  	rtems_filesystem_location_info_t       		mt_point_node;
+  	rtems_filesystem_location_info_t       		mt_fs_root;
+  	int                                    			options;
+  	void                                  			*fs_info;
+
+  	rtems_filesystem_limits_and_options_t  	pathconf_limits_and_options;
+
+  /*
+   *  When someone adds a mounted filesystem on a real device,
+   *  this will need to be used.
+   *
+   *  The best option long term for this is probably an open file descriptor.
+   */
+  	char                                  			*dev;
+};
+
+? Adding entries to the chain during mount()
+When a file system is mounted, its presence and location in the file system 
+hierarchy is recorded in a dynamic list structure known as a chain. A unique 
+rtems_filesystem_mount_table_entry_tt structure is logged for each file system that is 
+mounted. This includes the base file system.
+
+? Removing entries from the chain during unmount()
+When a file system is dismounted its entry in the mount table chain is extracted 
+and the memory for this entry is freed.
+
+
+