On Fri, 30 Aug 2019 09:45:03 -0700, Christoph Hellwig said: > On Fri, Aug 30, 2019 at 12:42:39PM -0400, Valdis KlÄ?tnieks wrote: > > Concerns have been raised about the exfat driver accidentally mounting > > fat/vfat file systems. Add an extra configure option to help prevent that. > > Just remove that code. This is exactly what I fear about this staging > crap, all kinds of half-a***ed patches instead of trying to get anything Explain how it's half-a**ed. You worry about accidental mounting, meanwhile down in the embedded space there are memory-constrained machines that don't want separate vfat and exfat drivers sitting around in memory. If you have a better patch that addresses both concerns, feel free to submit it. > done. Given that you signed up as the maintainer for this what is your > plan forward on it? What development did you on the code and what are > your next steps? Well, the *original* plan was to get it into the tree someplace so it can get review and updates from others. Given the amount of press the Microsoft announcement had, we were *hoping* there would be some momentum and people actually looking at the code and feeding me patches. I've gotten a half dozen already today.... Although if you prefer, it can just sit out-of-tree until I've got a perfect driver without input or review from anybody. But I can't think of *any* instance where that model has actually worked.
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