Re: Replacing VFAT as filesystem on removeable media

From: Xavier Bestel
Date: Tue Mar 31 2009 - 11:22:26 EST


On Tue, 2009-03-31 at 16:02 +0100, Mark Williamson wrote:
> I've not heard of Linux providing an MTP responder ("server"),
> which I find mildly surprising as it sounds like it would be useful,
> particularly given the range of advanced filesystems Linux devices might like
> to leverage under the hood. It seems odd if an embedded Linux company hasn't
> already coded this up for a device ... ?

I'm speaking out of my ass here, but seeing how Microsoft managed to
sneak some patents into something as trivial as FAT, I'm pretty sure MTP
is a hell of a minefield.

Xav


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