[U-Boot] [PATCH V2 00/10] Replace the FAT filesystem code

[Simon Glass]

Hi Stephen,

On 11 August 2015 at 08:55, Stephen Warren <swarren at wwwdotorg.org> wrote:
> The existing FAT filesystem implementation in U-Boot has some bugs that
> are tricky to fix cleanly without significant rework of the code. For
> example, see:
>
> http://lists.denx.de/pipermail/u-boot/2015-July/221054.html
> [PATCH] fat: handle paths that include ../
>
> This series replaces U-Boot's FAT filesystem implementation with the "ff"
> project; http://elm-chan.org/fsw/ff/00index_e.html. This project appears
> to be actively maintained, does not have at least the bug referenced in
> the patch link above, and is quite easy to integrate into U-Boot. An
> earlier version is also used in Barebox, so presumably it's had some
> level of testing/exposure there.
>

This seems like a good idea to me. Are there some standard tests for
FAT that we can bring in also? Perhaps using sandbox? At present we
have fs-test.sh which is a start.

> Note that this series is based on u-boot/master without the patch linked
> above applied. I wonder if it's a little risky to apply this series after
> -rc1; perhaps the patch above should be applied to v2015.10, and this
> series immediately after the release?

Sounds good.

Regards,
Simon