From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "H. Peter Anvin" Subject: Re: Replacing VFAT as filesystem on removeable media Date: Sat, 04 Apr 2009 23:34:50 -0700 Message-ID: <49D8510A.3010606@zytor.com> References: (sfid-20090403_102506_091012_8ECF2D52) <200904031029.03581.Martin@lichtvoll.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Bryan Henderson , linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org To: Martin Steigerwald Return-path: 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 In-Reply-To: <200904031029.03581.Martin@lichtvoll.de> Sender: linux-fsdevel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: 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.