Re: [PATCH] msdos fs: remove unsettable atari option

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

On Mon, 2 Jun 2008, OGAWA Hirofumi wrote:
> Joseph Fannin <jfannin@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
> > On Mon, May 26, 2008 at 12:42:29AM +0900, OGAWA Hirofumi wrote:
> >> René Scharfe <rene.scharfe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> >>
> >> > It has been impossible to set the option 'atari' of the MSDOS filesystem
> >> > for several years.  Since nobody seems to have missed it, let's remove
> >> > its remains.
> >> >
> >> > Signed-off-by: Rene Scharfe <rene.scharfe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> > ---
> >>
> >> Looks good to me. Thanks.
> >>
> >> Acked-by: OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > Geert Uytterhoeven has a patch in his POSTPONED queue that is supposed
> > to fix Atari FAT.  I can't speak to whether it works or why it's
> > postponed, but it seems to compile.
> 
> I see. Although I don't know the patch, I'd like to add this part to
> Geert's patch if possible. And when the patch can be posted, we can
> re-add this part again.
> 
> Geert, what do you think?

It's in POSTPONED state because nobody speaks up for/against it.
Personally, I don't know how much it is (still) needed...
But a few years ago somebody contacted me that he used it succesfully
on PA-RISC and i386 ;-)

BTW, the patch is
http://linux-m68k-cvs.ubb.ca/~geert/linux-m68k-patches-2.6/POSTPONED/134-atari-fat.diff

Atari people, I think now is the time to let it live or die...

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

						Geert

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