Re: Why msdos and not vfat?

[Eduard Bloch <edi@gmx.de>]

#include <hallo.h>
Goswin Brederlow wrote on Mon Aug 06, 2001 um 03:40:51AM:

> Why do most archs use msdos.o and only ia64 vfat.o?
> 
> I did make a patch for this a long time ago to use vfat.o if present
> and fallback to msdos.o. Seems like nobody bothered to check that in.

I think you mean something like the attached. I mentioned this also in
another thread.

Gruss/Regards,
Eduard.

--- boot-floppies-3.0.9.orig/utilities/dbootstrap/choose_medium.c
+++ boot-floppies-3.0.9/utilities/dbootstrap/choose_medium.c
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 #if #cpu(sparc) || #cpu(powerpc)
 const char *fs_type_tab[] = { "ext2", NULL };
 #else
-const char *fs_type_tab[] = { "msdos", "ext2", NULL };
+const char *fs_type_tab[] = { "msdos", "vfat", "fat", "minix", "ext2", NULL };
 #endif
 
 /* Return Values:

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