On Wed, 19 Feb 2020 14:57:27 +0900, Tetsuhiro Kohada said: > Remove symlink feature completely. > > Becouse > -Uses reserved areas(defined in the Microsoft exfat specification), causing future incompatibilities. > -Not described in Microsoft exfat specifications or SD standards. > -For REMOVABLE media, causes incompatibility with other implementations. > -Not supported by other major exfat drivers. > -Not implemented symlink feature in linux FAT/VFAT. > > Remove this feature completely because of serious media compatibility issues. > (Can't enable even with CONFIG) > > If you have any questions about this patch, please let me know. > > Reviewed-by: Takahiro Mori <Mori.Takahiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Tetsuhiro Kohada <Kohada.Tetsuhiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Symlink support would be nice, but Tetsuhiro is right - this driver's implementation isn't the way to do it. Heaving it over the side and getting a standard fat/vfat/exfat extension done is the right way. Acked-by: Valdis Kletnieks <valdis.kletnieks@xxxxxx>
