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A new VFAT patent avoidance patch

A new VFAT patent avoidance patch

Posted Jun 27, 2009 17:57 UTC (Sat) by ncm (subscriber, #165)
In reply to: A new VFAT patent avoidance patch by endecotp
Parent article: A new VFAT patent avoidance patch

Or just turn off the patch.


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A new VFAT patent avoidance patch

Posted Jun 30, 2009 1:59 UTC (Tue) by jlokier (subscriber, #52227) [Link]

That will be difficult when distros adopt the patch, if he/she's not already running a custom kernel, as it's not a run-time switch. Building a custom kernel isn't hard but it's not easy either if you're not used to it.

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