From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Jul 22 11:52:33 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id LAA24673 for hackers-outgoing; Mon, 22 Jul 1996 11:52:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: from fang.cs.sunyit.edu (fang.cs.sunyit.edu [192.52.220.66]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id LAA24649; Mon, 22 Jul 1996 11:52:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from chuck@localhost) by fang.cs.sunyit.edu (8.6.9/8.6.9) id OAA01064; Mon, 22 Jul 1996 14:52:04 -0400 Date: Mon, 22 Jul 1996 14:52:04 -0400 From: Charles Green Message-Id: <199607221852.OAA01064@fang.cs.sunyit.edu> In-Reply-To: Robert Nordier "Re: anyone working on upgrading the msdosfs to NetBSD levels?" (Jul 22, 20:08) X-Mailer: Mail User's Shell (7.2.5 10/14/92) To: Robert Nordier Subject: Re: anyone working on upgrading the msdosfs to NetBSD levels? Cc: hackers@freebsd.org, current@freebsd.org Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Robert Nordier stands accused of saying: } Date: Jul 22, 20:08 } Subject: Re: anyone working on upgrading the msdosfs to NetBSD levels? } Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: } > } > I think Robert Nordier is working on a complete re-write, actually. } > How's that going, Robert? } > } > Jordan } > } } The FAT fs primitives are done and tested and I'm currently working } on VFAT support. } } Microsoft is shortly to be introducing a FAT32 filesystem to Windows } 95 which will increase maximum filesystem size from 2 (or 4, for } NT) gigabytes to 2 terabytes. The new filesystem makes use of } 32-bit (as opposed to 12-bit and 16-bit) FAT entries and will } require a fundamentally different handling of boot record, FATs, } and root directory, so I'm busy on provision for this also. } } The changes required for FAT32 support would probably be rather } difficult to graft onto the msdosfs at this stage: possibly another } factor supporting the decision to re-implement DOS/Win filesystem } support on FreeBSD. } } FAT32 is supposedly due for public release in the fall. I'm } currently working towards a similar release date for the new } filesystem. } } -- } Robert Nordier }-- End of excerpt from Robert Nordier How soon will we see the integration of at least the FAT fs support into -current? -- Charles Green, PRC Inc. Research & Development Rome Laboratory, NY