Re: [yocto] VFAT patent EP 0 618 540

bution of the material in this e-mail is strictly forbidden. -Original Message- From: yocto-boun...@yoctoproject.org [mailto:yocto-boun...@yoctoproject.org] On Behalf Of Chris Simmonds Sent: Sunday, October 11, 2015 3:17 PM To: yocto@yoctoproject.org Subject: Re: [yocto] VFAT patent EP 0 61

Re: [yocto] VFAT patent EP 0 618 540

Hi On 10/10/15 17:58, Robert Berger wrote: > Hi > > On 10/09/2015 11:20 PM, Ayoub Zaki wrote: >> TI Socs Boot Rom code can use Vfat but does not necessarly need it as >> Bootloaders (spl, u-boot) can be loaded directly from Raw MMC/eMMC. > I just discovered this recently. Something like: > >

Re: [yocto] VFAT patent EP 0 618 540

Hi, On 10/09/2015 10:58 PM, Christian Ege wrote: > A decent U-Boot can load the kernel from ext4. And I do not know any ROM > loader which needs vfat, except maybe this TI SOCs... Yep that's what I mean. The on-chip loader, which loads MLO,... Anyhow I tried to come up with a scenario where

Re: [yocto] VFAT patent EP 0 618 540

Hi On 10/09/2015 11:20 PM, Ayoub Zaki wrote: > TI Socs Boot Rom code can use Vfat but does not necessarly need it as > Bootloaders (spl, u-boot) can be loaded directly from Raw MMC/eMMC. I just discovered this recently. Something like: sudo dd if=./u-boot/MLO of=${DISK} count=1 seek=1 bs=128k

[yocto] VFAT patent EP 0 618 540

Hi, I have a question regarding the VFAT patent (EP 0 618 540) owned by Microsoft. It's about common name space for long and short filenames. I have read that this patent was canceled by Germany / EU, but it's still available in the US right? So is there a patch/option where we can activate to

Re: [yocto] VFAT patent EP 0 618 540

TI Socs Boot Rom code can use Vfat but does not necessarly need it as Bootloaders (spl, u-boot) can be loaded directly from Raw MMC/eMMC. Am 09.10.2015 21:59 schrieb "Christian Ege" : > Hi, > Am 09.10.2015 8:31 nachm. schrieb "Robert Berger" < >

Re: [yocto] VFAT patent EP 0 618 540

Hi, On 10/09/2015 11:36 AM, Gorny Krystian wrote: > Hi, > > I have a question regarding the VFAT patent (EP 0 618 540) owned by > Microsoft. It’s about common name space for long and short filenames. I > have read that this patent was canceled by Germany / EU, but it’s still > available in the

Re: [yocto] VFAT patent EP 0 618 540

Hi, Am 09.10.2015 8:31 nachm. schrieb "Robert Berger" < gm...@reliableembeddedsystems.com>: > > Hi, > > On 10/09/2015 11:36 AM, Gorny Krystian wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I have a question regarding the VFAT patent (EP 0 618 540) owned by > > Microsoft. It’s about common name space for long and short