From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 15427ECE599 for ; Wed, 16 Oct 2019 22:20:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E5863207FF for ; Wed, 16 Oct 2019 22:20:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S2437611AbfJPVxy (ORCPT ); Wed, 16 Oct 2019 17:53:54 -0400 Received: from outbound.smtp.vt.edu ([198.82.183.121]:35902 "EHLO omr1.cc.vt.edu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S2389855AbfJPVxx (ORCPT ); Wed, 16 Oct 2019 17:53:53 -0400 Received: from mr2.cc.vt.edu (mr2.cc.vt.edu [IPv6:2607:b400:92:8400:0:90:e077:bf22]) by omr1.cc.vt.edu (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id x9GLrp6k014106 for ; Wed, 16 Oct 2019 17:53:51 -0400 Received: from mail-qk1-f197.google.com (mail-qk1-f197.google.com [209.85.222.197]) by mr2.cc.vt.edu (8.14.7/8.14.7) with ESMTP id x9GLrkWi007501 for ; Wed, 16 Oct 2019 17:53:51 -0400 Received: by mail-qk1-f197.google.com with SMTP id y189so76999qkb.14 for ; Wed, 16 Oct 2019 14:53:51 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:sender:from:to:cc:subject:in-reply-to:references :mime-version:content-transfer-encoding:date:message-id; bh=gqUpgmdxzpasd7pMU+uxnneMl1+ktu9g6I4Qah8EhxI=; b=gTP7aWJFBqTpskzWSMNZ+IZBfwTC6D+PQzXjinpdFXAqzXsygePAG9AN18J4VK0vzZ +Qyqm+wsZECKBNBxOIKSmp5B6Es1sifZKaHyA9hSGNiU0pehBn9WcYuGWu3pleBuV98d O2kTRC1TQK4fetk4MhFSqgTdaGVZ5EVmDDgSBm32rh35n0DkeWXyDMXVmoy+tr8xRNPN y2ZIIhYhSDSvjD7Bt80xHvCvflh3QbNHadiZN6qW/wr49ZRQzRo5avzR/UfkZRcjSnuq YNQaNQcCc5HVpeswnlDC6uYS42RZy29WAiB/6MBsq5NGcs9AwXWZ2zrO8Ebv3VNFFKXw of/w== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAXrov8Mpd8Eh8mYThlsYQMGJ+JDAuamgR61JchQKaNw2BM4vtgD sWlS0P6f5JFn0Z14IPbvHz8ep5y1zmMw0jzI51QjC+uPVrmpVVCV2TPl0dgJSmE+9eWhhmb2G38 deeKasDFdg+9vQIPGDRf42kw/+B3oxh/0s6YN X-Received: by 2002:ac8:24d4:: with SMTP id t20mr347279qtt.114.1571262826691; Wed, 16 Oct 2019 14:53:46 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqzpCWG1Ma5xOzqYk3ZIkraUe0CS6rlGbWN/U3tPDHeSWZQKr532KeiINo5Te24b9bVE4E5nZA== X-Received: by 2002:ac8:24d4:: with SMTP id t20mr347249qtt.114.1571262826283; Wed, 16 Oct 2019 14:53:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: from turing-police ([2601:5c0:c001:4341::9ca]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id a9sm79794qkb.94.2019.10.16.14.53.43 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Wed, 16 Oct 2019 14:53:44 -0700 (PDT) From: "Valdis Kl=?utf-8?Q?=c4=93?=tnieks" X-Google-Original-From: "Valdis Kl=?utf-8?Q?=c4=93?=tnieks" X-Mailer: exmh version 2.9.0 11/07/2018 with nmh-1.7+dev To: Sasha Levin Cc: Pali =?iso-8859-1?Q?Roh=E1r?= , Greg Kroah-Hartman , devel@driverdev.osuosl.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Sasha Levin , Christoph Hellwig Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: exfat: add exfat filesystem code to staging In-Reply-To: <20191016203317.GU31224@sasha-vm> References: <20190828160817.6250-1-gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> <20190829205631.uhz6jdboneej3j3c@pali> <184209.1567120696@turing-police> <20190829233506.GT5281@sasha-vm> <20190830075647.wvhrx4asnkrfkkwk@pali> <20191016140353.4hrncxa5wkx47oau@pali> <20191016143113.GS31224@sasha-vm> <20191016160349.pwghlg566hh2o7id@pali> <20191016203317.GU31224@sasha-vm> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="==_Exmh_1571262823_33600P"; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2019 17:53:43 -0400 Message-ID: <207853.1571262823@turing-police> Sender: linux-fsdevel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org --==_Exmh_1571262823_33600P Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, 16 Oct 2019 16:33:17 -0400, Sasha Levin said: > It looks like the reason this wasn't made public along with the exFAT > spec is that TexFAT is pretty much dead - it's old, there are no users > we are aware of, and digging it out of it's grave to make it public is > actually quite the headache. Ahh.. For some reason I had convinced myself that base exfat implementati= ons used at least the 'keep a backup FAT' part of TexFAT, because on a teraby= te external USB drive, losing the FAT would be painful. But if Windows 10 d= oesn't do that either, then it's no great sin for Linux to not do it (and may ca= use problems if Linux says =22currently using FAT 2=22, and the disk is next = used on a Windows 10 box that only looks at FAT 1....) --==_Exmh_1571262823_33600P Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Comment: Exmh version 2.9.0 11/07/2018 iQIVAwUBXaeRZgdmEQWDXROgAQJPCA//crwtbuFdEHDJcuk9rjqzuC30MRUzo20V 1S7m1bIEl21fh/qg/JhUagKwHZxImRyN3u5Jy+J5iiq3zpQzAIGxRhqYX3e+6ykB b+/DlAUjv0S8YNpqDpqsYaafnCOsc0omfbYNPfxFGZWOyJWdsP+II3DsxUGTKyui TaQXR9s0ErjATdZ0kWr72Ap5HcrQ4ixI+poANMobYyq/k9Pjw50oyGCvJR2ErZSw B9Sm246KwHBFzwSDXrxbLggNx5+uE0B7/nvMPYzSrBBeqmvDxTcOSAygfwQSK0UT FvLmHIJiGkYHpFIY7zwa0Fs55nexKj4Rz+Uy8e05aohAOBGOTV9QxkcCSJhIf/Zw h9KZ2tyMcsXsDOh/0lGR8DCGxCE6sqo3KK7kuxPnAzNTbh9wli98tX3sQacr0E4D HhUYTGfeOaP12qa3ije8SZRo1yqdxs3KIyQtRhNWWZaIYL84BtFo8G4d1RSts/AH t+rkhtsmEytHdFY32qYMkD2NSCU3FOaM90Zz/zWBr5rMIhiw1WIySVH6P1ZOr1U6 C1+TtuMeV9g1SS80ik35GX4h5wYeEWXr/vrBD8mw2HSfj78lin2d0aLAxnaHEc+H wmfB72ECZ9Mq6SKblhcvRqhpNBHsX7WiLj1hVE8HSxufaEfT0A3Iz1Y8+oQKbX7I 8etTqEg46ZI= =oSaw -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --==_Exmh_1571262823_33600P--