Re: Removed MSDOS/FAT/VFAT support; keeping CONFIG_MODULES

On 02/17/12 11:58, Petr Koval wrote:
> is it possible to have (V)FAT support later?
>
> Petr Koval
Yes, if a driver is written for it (something which I eventually intend 
to do), then it will be implemented. At this time, I am focusing my 
efforts on cleaning the cruft out. Since one of the less emphasized 
goals of ELKS is to be an easy-to-understand kernel for educational 
purposes, removing these junky items cluttering the menus and code will 
help with that process in many ways. For me personally, I find the 
existence of options to compile in features that literally DO NOT EXIST 
to be very annoying. When a FAT filesystem driver is being written, the 
menu option for compiling it in will be added back as well.

 From what I understand, everyone now working on ELKS is fairly new to 
the project, or has not worked with it actively for quite some time. We 
need to be able to see where we are so we know where to go, without 
having to sift through false positives like "elksfs" and "VFAT" that are 
in reality non-existent or might as well be rendered the same.

In summary: let me clean the code up first, then we'll worry about a FAT 
filesystem implementation. :-)

Jody Bruchon