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Subject: Re: how about XTAF / FATX support ?
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Rene Ladan wrote:
> 2006/10/4, Eric Anderson <anderson@centtech.com>:
> 
>> On 10/04/06 07:17, Rene Ladan wrote:
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > I was thinking about (trying to) implementing FATX / XTAF support in
>> > FreeBSD.  FATX and XTAF are the two filesystems used on Xbox 360 hard
>> > disks, FATX is also used on Xbox 1 hard disks.
>> >
>> > The implementation would add 2 new mount commands and some kernel
>> > stuff (which can be based on /sys/fs/mdosfs).
>> >
>> > Opinions?
>> >
>> > Please cc me, I'm not (yet) subscribed to this list.
>> >
>> > Regards,
>> > Rene
>>
>> Will it be BSD licensed, or a port from another licensed open source fs?
>>
> The goal is to make it BSD-licensed.  I have some documentation
> available about the filesystems and an actual Xbox 360 hard disk which
> I can connect to a USB port using a 3rd party connector.
> 
> Regards,
> Rene

Sounds like a very good idea to me.

Scott