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From: Andrew Fish <afish@apple.com>
To: GN Keshava <keshava.gn@gmail.com>
Cc: "edk2-devel@lists.01.org" <edk2-devel@lists.01.org>
Subject: Re: VFAT mounting inconsistency in UEFI
Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2016 14:05:48 -1000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <5503724D-052E-4C8E-B2FE-9B0170B2960A@apple.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CABKwMdu6nZfpbrWAagVcXtg3YV1ZZPZYJAcXFgyoUs6sRa5XJw@mail.gmail.com>


> On Nov 24, 2016, at 8:22 PM, GN Keshava <keshava.gn@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I'm connecting my Linux device to UEFI-running PC using USB Mass storage.
> Linux is enumerated as Mass storage on host (UEFI).
> 
> Sometimes, the mass storage is not detecting/mounting on UEFI.
> Linux has partitioned it as VFAT. It is always being mounted on
> Windows/Linux.
> 
> Has anybody tested this?
> 

I thought VFAT (Win 95) was a subset of FAT32. The EFI FAT driver is coded to the FAT32 spec. Microsoft Extensible Firmware Initiative FAT32 File System Specification <https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=0ahUKEwi6yP2X2dHQAhVK1WMKHbFdDT0QFggbMAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdownload.microsoft.com%2Fdownload%2F1%2F6%2F1%2F161ba512-40e2-4cc9-843a-923143f3456c%2Ffatgen103.doc&usg=AFQjCNHLIvOURM1sLTaA9eBEKIcSRQcfpA&sig2=KLirxjetmNEsuXdnVC3ETg&bvm=bv.139782543,d.cGc>

Thanks,

Andrew Fish


> Thanks.
> With regards,
> Keshava
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Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-11-25  6:22 VFAT mounting inconsistency in UEFI GN Keshava
2016-12-01  0:05 ` Andrew Fish [this message]

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