Re: [PATCH] docs: filesystems: vfat: fix 'whic' spelling
From: OGAWA Hirofumi
Date: Sun Jul 26 2026 - 05:42:03 EST
shaikh kamaluddin <shaikhkamal2012@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
>> > diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/vfat.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/vfat.rst
>> > index b289c4449cd0..f408699ce50f 100644
>> > --- a/Documentation/filesystems/vfat.rst
>> > +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/vfat.rst
>> > @@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ the following:
>> >
>> > <proceeding files...>
>> > <slot #3, id = 0x43, characters = "h is long">
>> > - <slot #2, id = 0x02, characters = "xtension whic">
>> > + <slot #2, id = 0x02, characters = "xtension which">
>> > <slot #1, id = 0x01, characters = "My Big File.E">
>> > <directory entry, name = "MYBIGFIL.EXT">
>>
>> --
>> OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Hi,
>
> Please drop this patch — I got it wrong. The "whic" here is
> intentional: each LFN slot holds 13 characters, and the word
> "which" is deliberately split across slot #2 ("xtension whic")
> and slot #3 ("h is long"). The concatenated name is
> "My Big File.Extension which is long".
>
> My change makes slot #2 fourteen characters and would render the
> example incorrect. Sorry for the noise, and thanks for the ack —
> but it shouldn't be applied.
Thanks for telling.
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OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>