[PATCH 1/2] [v3] filetype: Improve FAT detection

Sascha Hauer s.hauer at pengutronix.de
Wed Sep 19 03:36:45 EDT 2012


On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 09:23:19AM +0200, Franck Jullien wrote:
> 2012/9/19 Sascha Hauer <s.hauer at pengutronix.de>:
> > On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 11:51:35PM +0200, Franck Jullien wrote:
> >> We may have some disk with MBR as a first sector. In this case, the
> >> current FAT check returns an error. However, the FAT sector exist and
> >> the MBR can tell us where it is.
> >>
> >> This patch add to file_name_detect_type function the ability to find
> >> the FAT boot sector on the first sector of the first partition in case
> >> it is not on sector 0.
> >>
> >> It also introduce is_fat_or_mbr to check if a buffer is a FAT boot
> >> or MBR sector
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Franck Jullien <franck.jullien at gmail.com>
> >> ---
> >>  common/filetype.c  |   63 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------
> >>  include/filetype.h |    2 +
> >>  2 files changed, 53 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
> >>

[...]

> 
> I shouldn't write code late at night. Hopefully you are reading my
> code with attention :)

Don't worry, I think this happens to most of us ;)

Sascha

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