there are some things, which should really checked in the FATX driver here.

- creation of a file with touch creates a Fat entry, with filesize 0 and no
cluster alocated (cluter=0)
I am not sure, if the xbox will see this as "good" or not, and maybe deletes
the entry or something else like

- attributs
there has to be a file-wrapper written, for grepping though the current fatx
partition and look for all possible file-attributes

- filepadding
currently file(cluster) padding is been developed.
Theoretically this should not harm the thing, but whom knows

- file = multipe*0x4000 cluster size
not even testet how the xbox handles this ? does it open a "fill" cluster,
or stops it on the cluster end ? (where data end too)
this als has to be cross-checked with the fatx linux driver

- Fat entry's
It supports Mulit-cluster filesystem , means extended FAT enetrys >256
entrys.
originally comming from the Fat module.
this has to be tested on both Xbox (xbox os) and Linux too.
stability is a different question.

- chache system for the cluster thing
Comming out of the original Fat driver, it supports caching.
this is not tested, nobody knows exact.


note:

we have written the current fatx driver in this way, that the output looks
100% exactly to Xbox like style.
Some things are not yet finished (file end padding - cluster-padding)
but this will come.

the Driver is able, to build out of a pre-formatted image(or hdd, flash)
with Ed's formatting tool, a compleate filesystem without errors.

We are writing automated test tools, for comparing files and randoming files
on the Xbox hdd on both Os's and make a Sha-1 compare of the files after.
Theoretically, it should be .... (let's hope)

The current driver seems a lot more stabile as the old driver, but it is
really new !

there could a lot of hidden problems there, like filerenaming with
new_filenamelenght!=old_filenamelenght ==> not working or so.
.. this was really a problem, we found it.. this was luck.

so be very careful with working on real partitions.
there could some very nasty bugs be inside


ed & franz

