[syslinux] Interest in NTFS

[Andreas Kotes]

Hello,

* Andreas Kotes <count-linux at flatline.de> [20080603 10:46]:
> * H. Peter Anvin <hpa at zytor.com> [20080602 22:55]:
> > Andreas Kotes wrote:
> > > I think VFAT long filenames are more worthwhile ...
> > 
> > I think this is probably the right sequence of priorities.
> > 
> > The biggest issue with VFAT long file names -- and I suspect NTFS has 
> > the same thing -- is that they use Unicode (UTF-16) filenames, and 
> > case-insensitive to boot, which are hard to handle correctly in a pre-OS 
> > environment.
> 
> Oy - I thought the patent issues where the biggest problem?
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_Allocation_Table#FAT_licensing .. we
> in Europe don't necessarily need to care, but it may be a different
> matter in the US?

Just read up a bit more on it - I think syslinux can ignore them for the
same reason Linux does - interoperability.

I Am Not A Lawyer, and this can of course only be decided in court by a
judge - so it could be good to be aware of this problem.

Br,

   Andreas

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