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" <k423...@gmail.com>:
> 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 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 avoid this patent? > > > > I am not a lawyer, but wouldn't it be easier not to use VFAT? > > The only reason I would use it, would be because the bootloader of my > > SoC would only be able to boot over FAT/FAT32 from a managed flash. A > > patch will not help here as well;) > 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... > > Regards, > Christian > > > > There are rumors that a fix was implemented a long time ago[1] ;) > > > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > Krystian > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > Robert > > > > > > [1] > > > http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2009/07/vfat-linux-patch-could-circumvent-microsofts-patent-claims/ > > > > > > > > Legal information: > > > Wipotec Wiege- und Positioniersysteme GmbH > > > HRB 2317 Kaiserslautern, Management: T. Düppre, U. Wagner > > > > > > This e-mail may contain confidential and/or privileged information. > > > If you are not the intended recipient (or have received this e-mail in > > > error) > > > please notify the sender immediately and delete this e-mail. Any > > > unauthorized > > > copying, disclosure or distribution of the material in this e-mail is > > > strictly > > > forbidden. > > > > > > > Since you are concerned about legal issues you might also want to remove > > this footer when posting to public lists ;) > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > ..."Rules of Optimization: Rule1: Don't do it. Rule 2 (for experts > > only): Don't do it yet." - M.A. Jackson (not the singer) > > > > My public pgp key is available,at: > > http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x90320BF1 > > > > > > -- > > _______________________________________________ > > yocto mailing list > > yocto@yoctoproject.org > > https://lists.yoctoproject.org/listinfo/yocto > > -- > _______________________________________________ > yocto mailing list > yocto@yoctoproject.org > https://lists.yoctoproject.org/listinfo/yocto > >
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