Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754365AbZDENbD (ORCPT ); Sun, 5 Apr 2009 09:31:03 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753629AbZDENau (ORCPT ); Sun, 5 Apr 2009 09:30:50 -0400 Received: from mail-ew0-f165.google.com ([209.85.219.165]:65355 "EHLO mail-ew0-f165.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751717AbZDENat convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Sun, 5 Apr 2009 09:30:49 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:x-mailer :mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=x6mue37VCPSfrjvHJ+lVU8GHbyvZokpYbQ28yg2GgnXDhhvWaRqey0LqQTZkoFokR5 ehJNXMA3l9OELVizOPE82bKrqPkWv6KU7pFpxCmsKGA9BGKLGmOmqIaKncgPmwdRqWhw fXObbBaD/88rHb9uHXcpDlCIBGbQvqw9Tg7Lk= Date: Sun, 5 Apr 2009 15:30:41 +0200 From: Alejandro Riveira =?UTF-8?B?RmVybsOhbmRleg==?= To: "H. Peter Anvin" Cc: Martin Steigerwald , Bryan Henderson , linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Replacing VFAT as filesystem on removeable media Message-ID: <20090405153041.08238acf@varda> In-Reply-To: <49D8510A.3010606@zytor.com> References: <200904031029.03581.Martin@lichtvoll.de> <49D8510A.3010606@zytor.com> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.1 (GTK+ 2.14.4; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 927 Lines: 28 El Sat, 04 Apr 2009 23:34:50 -0700 "H. Peter Anvin" escribió: > 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. What about UDF ? > > -hpa > -- 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/