From: inbox1.sudheer@gmail.com (Sudheer Divakaran)
To: kernelnewbies@lists.kernelnewbies.org
Subject: How does the kernel chooses the 'vfat' module for fat32 partitions?
Date: Tue, 10 May 2011 13:17:02 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <BANLkTimBGuFK_EGq8TcVX+nOet14dH7Vwg@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <BANLkTikRf4tLz9MweLaYXF05bEZn3NDGuA@mail.gmail.com>
Hi,
>>
>
> vfat module was not loaded before, it got loaded only after I issued
> the mount command. We can see this info in the udev log. Moreover
> there was no entry for the usbstick partition in /etc/fstab. So
> someone kernel/userspace takes the decision that vfat.ko should be
> used for managing fat32 partitions. I was trying to identify this
> component.
>
'mount' itself was responsible for guessing the vfat driver. Running
mount with -v gave the following output
# mount -v /dev/sdb1 /mnt/usb
mount: you didn't specify a filesystem type for /dev/sdb1
I will try type vfat
/dev/sdb1 on /mnt/usb type vfat (rw)
--
Thanks
Sudheer
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-05-10 7:47 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-05-10 4:48 How does the kernel chooses the 'vfat' module for fat32 partitions? Sudheer Divakaran
2011-05-10 6:40 ` Mulyadi Santosa
2011-05-10 7:08 ` Sudheer Divakaran
2011-05-10 7:47 ` Sudheer Divakaran [this message]
2011-05-10 14:35 ` Mulyadi Santosa
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