[En-Nut-Discussion] SVN compilation fix: fs/fat.c

[Edwin van den Oetelaar (Oetelaar Automatisering uit Best)]

Harald Kipp wrote:
> Thiago A. Corrêa wrote:
>   
>> On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 2:14 PM, Uwe Bonnes wrote:
>>     
>>>>>>>> "Thiago" == Thiago A Corrêa  writes:
>>>>>>>>                 
>>>    Thiago> Hi, On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 1:35 PM, Uwe Bonnes
>>>    Thiago>  wrote:
>>>    >> -    BYTE firstsek_LEpathtab1_LE[4]; -    BYTE
>>>    >> firstsek_LEpathtab2_LE[4]; +    DWORD firstsek_LEpathtab1_LE; +
>>>    >>  DWORD firstsek_LEpathtab2_LE;
>>>
>>>    Thiago> I don't currently use this driver, but looks reasonable. Perhaps
>>>    Thiago> we should actually change all BYTE to uint8_t and all DWORD to
>>>    Thiago> uint32_t like the rest of the Nut/OS. The _t types are quite
>>>    Thiago> carefully defined, can't say if those upper letter types are.
>>>
>>> Should I provide a patch?
>>>       
>> It would be great, but I think we should hear if Harald is Ok with it
>> first. I guess he will be, but as I don't maintain this driver, it's
>> best to be sure. It's possible that he forgot when we moved to those
>> uint32_t or perhaps there is a reason to keep it like that.
>>     
>
> I don't maintain it either. Actually nobody is looking after it. It has
> been initially contributed by Michael Fischer. Check the "Nut/OS File
> System History" at
>
> http://www.ethernut.de/en/documents/phat.html
>
> I assume, that Michael is too busy with other things and will probably
> welcome any effort to update this driver.
>
> Harald
any chance of hacking the new exFat into this ?
Just asking because people start using Vista to format SD cards and the 
first complaints are coming.
http://www.microsoft.com/iplicensing/productDetail.aspx?productTitle=exFAT%20File%20System%20Licensing%20Program

Regards,
Edwin