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[PATCH] Image API: add FAT32 support

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: Pavel Shlyak <p.shlyak <at> pantherx.org>
Subject: bug#55663: closed (Re: bug#55663: [PATCH] Image API: add FAT32
 support)
Date: Tue, 31 May 2022 13:08:02 +0000

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Your bug report

#55663: [PATCH] Image API: add FAT32 support

which was filed against the guix-patches package, has been closed.

The explanation is attached below, along with your original report.
If you require more details, please reply to 55663 <at> debbugs.gnu.org.

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From: Mathieu Othacehe <othacehe <at> gnu.org>
To: Pavel Shlyak <p.shlyak <at> pantherx.org>
Cc: 55663-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#55663: [PATCH] Image API: add FAT32 support
Date: Tue, 31 May 2022 15:07:44 +0200

Hello Pavel,

Thanks for the v2, pushed on master.

Mathieu

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From: Pavel Shlyak <p.shlyak <at> pantherx.org>
To: guix-patches <at> gnu.org
Subject: [PATCH] Image API: add FAT32 support
Date: Thu, 26 May 2022 21:02:22 +0300

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I believe it is an important change as Raspberry PI (and I suppose some other boards) cannot boot with fat16 boot partitions. 
With this patch, "vfat" is treated as fat16 partition not to break backward-compatibility. "fat32", on the other hand, creates a fat32 partition.

[0001-Image-API-support-FAT32-partitions.patch (application/octet-stream, attachment)]

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