FreeLists / openbeos / [openbeos] Re: question about dos filesystem and mime types

["François Revol" <revol@xxxxxxx>]

> Yes, indeed, we could change Tracker to sniff the types - this would 
> make sense for BFS volumes as well, but it could also slow down 
> opening 
> directories with many files considerably for volumes without 
> attribute 
> support if there is extra communication involved for every file. So 
> this should be either cached at the file system level or somewhere 
> else 
> - if we go with the file system, the B_FS_HAS_MIME flag could 
> indicate 
> that the file system supports storing the type at least volatile (as 
> long as the vnode stays in memory).

I still plan on adding attribute support to dosfs. Maybe rewrite it ? 
(I could have a try at C++ in the kernel maybe :D)
FAT is old and unefficient but it is widely used, and mandatory for 
things like mp3 players, so it makes sense to keep it around.

François.