Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1759424AbZCaNrn (ORCPT ); Tue, 31 Mar 2009 09:47:43 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1756545AbZCaNrc (ORCPT ); Tue, 31 Mar 2009 09:47:32 -0400 Received: from smtp19.orange.fr ([80.12.242.17]:58273 "EHLO smtp19.orange.fr" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755791AbZCaNrb (ORCPT ); Tue, 31 Mar 2009 09:47:31 -0400 X-ME-UUID: 20090331134728345.5462E20000A5@mwinf1914.orange.fr Subject: Re: Replacing VFAT as filesystem on removeable media From: Xavier Bestel To: Mark Williamson Cc: Martin Steigerwald , linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, info@fsf.org, office@fsfeurope.org, info@linuxfoundation.org In-Reply-To: <200903311357.44075.mark.williamson@cl.cam.ac.uk> References: <200903311015.29222.Martin@Lichtvoll.de> <200903311357.44075.mark.williamson@cl.cam.ac.uk> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 15:47:07 +0200 Message-Id: <1238507227.27596.559.camel@skunk> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.12.3 (2.12.3-8.el5_2.3) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 560 Lines: 15 On Tue, 2009-03-31 at 13:57 +0100, Mark Williamson wrote: > Another approach which occurs to me would be to come up with a "filesystem over > USB" protocol so that the actual on-disk format is no longer relevant. Look for MTP. It's what you want, made by Microsoft, and enables all sorts of DRM niceties. Xav -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/