[U-Boot-Users] FW: USB SUPPORT & get_vfatname

[Adrian Filipi]

On Fri, 25 Apr 2008, Adrian Filipi wrote:

>
> 	It looks like fat.c is not handling the case where the 
> sectors/cluster is 1, and the rood directory spans multiple clusters.
>
> 	In my case I was getting garbage directoy info after the invalid fat 
> error.  The attached patch stops the code from rolling past the end of 
> cluster.
>
> 	It looks like a loop to walk the allocation chain is neccessary. I 
> think get_contents() does all the right work, but it of course starts with a 
> directory entry, which we don't have yet for /.  A little refactoring might 
> do the trick.
>
> 	Adrian
> --
> Linux Software Engineer | EuroTech, Inc. | www.eurotech-inc.com

 	FYI, my patch may have prevented walking off the end of a cluster 
on FAT32, but it has its own problems with larger directories on FAT16.

 	As such, I don't recommend using it.

 	Adrian
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Linux Software Engineer | EuroTech, Inc. | www.eurotech-inc.com