Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757927AbZDEGfR (ORCPT ); Sun, 5 Apr 2009 02:35:17 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751106AbZDEGfB (ORCPT ); Sun, 5 Apr 2009 02:35:01 -0400 Received: from terminus.zytor.com ([198.137.202.10]:55155 "EHLO terminus.zytor.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750798AbZDEGfB (ORCPT ); Sun, 5 Apr 2009 02:35:01 -0400 Message-ID: <49D8510A.3010606@zytor.com> Date: Sat, 04 Apr 2009 23:34:50 -0700 From: "H. Peter Anvin" User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (X11/20080501) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Martin Steigerwald CC: Bryan Henderson , linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Replacing VFAT as filesystem on removeable media References: (sfid-20090403_102506_091012_8ECF2D52) <200904031029.03581.Martin@lichtvoll.de> In-Reply-To: <200904031029.03581.Martin@lichtvoll.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 898 Lines: 27 Martin Steigerwald wrote: >> >> How do you mean "replace"? >> >> VFAT's standardness today comes from the fact that virtually every >> personal computer in the world today and for the foreseeable future is >> able to read and write VFAT. Do you envision some other filesystem >> format achieving that status? > > That was my (possibly crazy) idea yes. ;) > Ironically enough, one of the better filesystems for being supported by many OSes is probably ext2. However, that doesn't mean it is even in the same rough ballpark as (V)FAT. -hpa -- H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center I work for Intel. I don't speak on their behalf. -- 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/