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author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@ppc970.osdl.org> | 2005-04-16 18:20:36 -0400 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@ppc970.osdl.org> | 2005-04-16 18:20:36 -0400 |
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1 | USING VFAT | ||
2 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | ||
3 | To use the vfat filesystem, use the filesystem type 'vfat'. i.e. | ||
4 | mount -t vfat /dev/fd0 /mnt | ||
5 | |||
6 | No special partition formatter is required. mkdosfs will work fine | ||
7 | if you want to format from within Linux. | ||
8 | |||
9 | VFAT MOUNT OPTIONS | ||
10 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | ||
11 | umask=### -- The permission mask (for files and directories, see umask(1)). | ||
12 | The default is the umask of current process. | ||
13 | |||
14 | dmask=### -- The permission mask for the directory. | ||
15 | The default is the umask of current process. | ||
16 | |||
17 | fmask=### -- The permission mask for files. | ||
18 | The default is the umask of current process. | ||
19 | |||
20 | codepage=### -- Sets the codepage number for converting to shortname | ||
21 | characters on FAT filesystem. | ||
22 | By default, FAT_DEFAULT_CODEPAGE setting is used. | ||
23 | |||
24 | iocharset=name -- Character set to use for converting between the | ||
25 | encoding is used for user visible filename and 16 bit | ||
26 | Unicode characters. Long filenames are stored on disk | ||
27 | in Unicode format, but Unix for the most part doesn't | ||
28 | know how to deal with Unicode. | ||
29 | By default, FAT_DEFAULT_IOCHARSET setting is used. | ||
30 | |||
31 | There is also an option of doing UTF8 translations | ||
32 | with the utf8 option. | ||
33 | |||
34 | NOTE: "iocharset=utf8" is not recommended. If unsure, | ||
35 | you should consider the following option instead. | ||
36 | |||
37 | utf8=<bool> -- UTF8 is the filesystem safe version of Unicode that | ||
38 | is used by the console. It can be be enabled for the | ||
39 | filesystem with this option. If 'uni_xlate' gets set, | ||
40 | UTF8 gets disabled. | ||
41 | |||
42 | uni_xlate=<bool> -- Translate unhandled Unicode characters to special | ||
43 | escaped sequences. This would let you backup and | ||
44 | restore filenames that are created with any Unicode | ||
45 | characters. Until Linux supports Unicode for real, | ||
46 | this gives you an alternative. Without this option, | ||
47 | a '?' is used when no translation is possible. The | ||
48 | escape character is ':' because it is otherwise | ||
49 | illegal on the vfat filesystem. The escape sequence | ||
50 | that gets used is ':' and the four digits of hexadecimal | ||
51 | unicode. | ||
52 | |||
53 | nonumtail=<bool> -- When creating 8.3 aliases, normally the alias will | ||
54 | end in '~1' or tilde followed by some number. If this | ||
55 | option is set, then if the filename is | ||
56 | "longfilename.txt" and "longfile.txt" does not | ||
57 | currently exist in the directory, 'longfile.txt' will | ||
58 | be the short alias instead of 'longfi~1.txt'. | ||
59 | |||
60 | quiet -- Stops printing certain warning messages. | ||
61 | |||
62 | check=s|r|n -- Case sensitivity checking setting. | ||
63 | s: strict, case sensitive | ||
64 | r: relaxed, case insensitive | ||
65 | n: normal, default setting, currently case insensitive | ||
66 | |||
67 | shortname=lower|win95|winnt|mixed | ||
68 | -- Shortname display/create setting. | ||
69 | lower: convert to lowercase for display, | ||
70 | emulate the Windows 95 rule for create. | ||
71 | win95: emulate the Windows 95 rule for display/create. | ||
72 | winnt: emulate the Windows NT rule for display/create. | ||
73 | mixed: emulate the Windows NT rule for display, | ||
74 | emulate the Windows 95 rule for create. | ||
75 | Default setting is `lower'. | ||
76 | |||
77 | <bool>: 0,1,yes,no,true,false | ||
78 | |||
79 | TODO | ||
80 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | ||
81 | * Need to get rid of the raw scanning stuff. Instead, always use | ||
82 | a get next directory entry approach. The only thing left that uses | ||
83 | raw scanning is the directory renaming code. | ||
84 | |||
85 | |||
86 | POSSIBLE PROBLEMS | ||
87 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | ||
88 | * vfat_valid_longname does not properly checked reserved names. | ||
89 | * When a volume name is the same as a directory name in the root | ||
90 | directory of the filesystem, the directory name sometimes shows | ||
91 | up as an empty file. | ||
92 | * autoconv option does not work correctly. | ||
93 | |||
94 | BUG REPORTS | ||
95 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | ||
96 | If you have trouble with the VFAT filesystem, mail bug reports to | ||
97 | chaffee@bmrc.cs.berkeley.edu. Please specify the filename | ||
98 | and the operation that gave you trouble. | ||
99 | |||
100 | TEST SUITE | ||
101 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | ||
102 | If you plan to make any modifications to the vfat filesystem, please | ||
103 | get the test suite that comes with the vfat distribution at | ||
104 | |||
105 | http://bmrc.berkeley.edu/people/chaffee/vfat.html | ||
106 | |||
107 | This tests quite a few parts of the vfat filesystem and additional | ||
108 | tests for new features or untested features would be appreciated. | ||
109 | |||
110 | NOTES ON THE STRUCTURE OF THE VFAT FILESYSTEM | ||
111 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | ||
112 | (This documentation was provided by Galen C. Hunt <gchunt@cs.rochester.edu> | ||
113 | and lightly annotated by Gordon Chaffee). | ||
114 | |||
115 | This document presents a very rough, technical overview of my | ||
116 | knowledge of the extended FAT file system used in Windows NT 3.5 and | ||
117 | Windows 95. I don't guarantee that any of the following is correct, | ||
118 | but it appears to be so. | ||
119 | |||
120 | The extended FAT file system is almost identical to the FAT | ||
121 | file system used in DOS versions up to and including 6.223410239847 | ||
122 | :-). The significant change has been the addition of long file names. | ||
123 | These names support up to 255 characters including spaces and lower | ||
124 | case characters as opposed to the traditional 8.3 short names. | ||
125 | |||
126 | Here is the description of the traditional FAT entry in the current | ||
127 | Windows 95 filesystem: | ||
128 | |||
129 | struct directory { // Short 8.3 names | ||
130 | unsigned char name[8]; // file name | ||
131 | unsigned char ext[3]; // file extension | ||
132 | unsigned char attr; // attribute byte | ||
133 | unsigned char lcase; // Case for base and extension | ||
134 | unsigned char ctime_ms; // Creation time, milliseconds | ||
135 | unsigned char ctime[2]; // Creation time | ||
136 | unsigned char cdate[2]; // Creation date | ||
137 | unsigned char adate[2]; // Last access date | ||
138 | unsigned char reserved[2]; // reserved values (ignored) | ||
139 | unsigned char time[2]; // time stamp | ||
140 | unsigned char date[2]; // date stamp | ||
141 | unsigned char start[2]; // starting cluster number | ||
142 | unsigned char size[4]; // size of the file | ||
143 | }; | ||
144 | |||
145 | The lcase field specifies if the base and/or the extension of an 8.3 | ||
146 | name should be capitalized. This field does not seem to be used by | ||
147 | Windows 95 but it is used by Windows NT. The case of filenames is not | ||
148 | completely compatible from Windows NT to Windows 95. It is not completely | ||
149 | compatible in the reverse direction, however. Filenames that fit in | ||
150 | the 8.3 namespace and are written on Windows NT to be lowercase will | ||
151 | show up as uppercase on Windows 95. | ||
152 | |||
153 | Note that the "start" and "size" values are actually little | ||
154 | endian integer values. The descriptions of the fields in this | ||
155 | structure are public knowledge and can be found elsewhere. | ||
156 | |||
157 | With the extended FAT system, Microsoft has inserted extra | ||
158 | directory entries for any files with extended names. (Any name which | ||
159 | legally fits within the old 8.3 encoding scheme does not have extra | ||
160 | entries.) I call these extra entries slots. Basically, a slot is a | ||
161 | specially formatted directory entry which holds up to 13 characters of | ||
162 | a file's extended name. Think of slots as additional labeling for the | ||
163 | directory entry of the file to which they correspond. Microsoft | ||
164 | prefers to refer to the 8.3 entry for a file as its alias and the | ||
165 | extended slot directory entries as the file name. | ||
166 | |||
167 | The C structure for a slot directory entry follows: | ||
168 | |||
169 | struct slot { // Up to 13 characters of a long name | ||
170 | unsigned char id; // sequence number for slot | ||
171 | unsigned char name0_4[10]; // first 5 characters in name | ||
172 | unsigned char attr; // attribute byte | ||
173 | unsigned char reserved; // always 0 | ||
174 | unsigned char alias_checksum; // checksum for 8.3 alias | ||
175 | unsigned char name5_10[12]; // 6 more characters in name | ||
176 | unsigned char start[2]; // starting cluster number | ||
177 | unsigned char name11_12[4]; // last 2 characters in name | ||
178 | }; | ||
179 | |||
180 | If the layout of the slots looks a little odd, it's only | ||
181 | because of Microsoft's efforts to maintain compatibility with old | ||
182 | software. The slots must be disguised to prevent old software from | ||
183 | panicking. To this end, a number of measures are taken: | ||
184 | |||
185 | 1) The attribute byte for a slot directory entry is always set | ||
186 | to 0x0f. This corresponds to an old directory entry with | ||
187 | attributes of "hidden", "system", "read-only", and "volume | ||
188 | label". Most old software will ignore any directory | ||
189 | entries with the "volume label" bit set. Real volume label | ||
190 | entries don't have the other three bits set. | ||
191 | |||
192 | 2) The starting cluster is always set to 0, an impossible | ||
193 | value for a DOS file. | ||
194 | |||
195 | Because the extended FAT system is backward compatible, it is | ||
196 | possible for old software to modify directory entries. Measures must | ||
197 | be taken to ensure the validity of slots. An extended FAT system can | ||
198 | verify that a slot does in fact belong to an 8.3 directory entry by | ||
199 | the following: | ||
200 | |||
201 | 1) Positioning. Slots for a file always immediately proceed | ||
202 | their corresponding 8.3 directory entry. In addition, each | ||
203 | slot has an id which marks its order in the extended file | ||
204 | name. Here is a very abbreviated view of an 8.3 directory | ||
205 | entry and its corresponding long name slots for the file | ||
206 | "My Big File.Extension which is long": | ||
207 | |||
208 | <proceeding files...> | ||
209 | <slot #3, id = 0x43, characters = "h is long"> | ||
210 | <slot #2, id = 0x02, characters = "xtension whic"> | ||
211 | <slot #1, id = 0x01, characters = "My Big File.E"> | ||
212 | <directory entry, name = "MYBIGFIL.EXT"> | ||
213 | |||
214 | Note that the slots are stored from last to first. Slots | ||
215 | are numbered from 1 to N. The Nth slot is or'ed with 0x40 | ||
216 | to mark it as the last one. | ||
217 | |||
218 | 2) Checksum. Each slot has an "alias_checksum" value. The | ||
219 | checksum is calculated from the 8.3 name using the | ||
220 | following algorithm: | ||
221 | |||
222 | for (sum = i = 0; i < 11; i++) { | ||
223 | sum = (((sum&1)<<7)|((sum&0xfe)>>1)) + name[i] | ||
224 | } | ||
225 | |||
226 | 3) If there is free space in the final slot, a Unicode NULL (0x0000) | ||
227 | is stored after the final character. After that, all unused | ||
228 | characters in the final slot are set to Unicode 0xFFFF. | ||
229 | |||
230 | Finally, note that the extended name is stored in Unicode. Each Unicode | ||
231 | character takes two bytes. | ||