From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jody Bruchon Subject: Re: Removed MSDOS/FAT/VFAT support; keeping CONFIG_MODULES Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2012 12:02:32 -0500 Message-ID: <4F3E8828.1070306@jodybruchon.com> References: <4F3E85FC.4010800@jodybruchon.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-8086-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format="flowed" To: linux-8086@vger.kernel.org On 02/17/12 11:58, Petr Koval wrote: > is it possible to have (V)FAT support later? > > Petr Koval Yes, if a driver is written for it (something which I eventually intend to do), then it will be implemented. At this time, I am focusing my efforts on cleaning the cruft out. Since one of the less emphasized goals of ELKS is to be an easy-to-understand kernel for educational purposes, removing these junky items cluttering the menus and code will help with that process in many ways. For me personally, I find the existence of options to compile in features that literally DO NOT EXIST to be very annoying. When a FAT filesystem driver is being written, the menu option for compiling it in will be added back as well. From what I understand, everyone now working on ELKS is fairly new to the project, or has not worked with it actively for quite some time. We need to be able to see where we are so we know where to go, without having to sift through false positives like "elksfs" and "VFAT" that are in reality non-existent or might as well be rendered the same. In summary: let me clean the code up first, then we'll worry about a FAT filesystem implementation. :-) Jody Bruchon