fat32:
info("looking for FAT32\n");
- /* FAT32 should have a valid signature in the fsinfo block */
+ /*
+ * FAT32 should have a valid signature in the fsinfo block,
+ * but also allow all bytes set to '\0', because some volumes
+ * do not set the signature at all.
+ */
fsinfo_sect = le16_to_cpu(vs->type.fat32.fsinfo_sector);
buf = volume_id_get_buffer(id, off + (fsinfo_sect * sector_size), 0x200);
if (buf == NULL)
info("signature2: 0x%02x%02x%02x%02x\n",
fsinfo->signature2[0], fsinfo->signature2[1],
fsinfo->signature2[2], fsinfo->signature2[3]);
- if (memcmp(fsinfo->signature1, "\x52\x52\x61\x41", 4) != 0)
+ if (memcmp(fsinfo->signature1, "\x52\x52\x61\x41", 4) != 0 &&
+ memcmp(fsinfo->signature1, "\x00\x00\x00\x00", 4) != 0)
return -1;
- if (memcmp(fsinfo->signature2, "\x72\x72\x41\x61", 4) != 0)
+ if (memcmp(fsinfo->signature2, "\x72\x72\x41\x61", 4) != 0 &&
+ memcmp(fsinfo->signature2, "\x00\x00\x00\x00", 4) != 0)
return -1 ;
- info("FAT32 signatures match\n");
+ info("FAT32 signatures ok\n");
vs = (struct vfat_super_block *) volume_id_get_buffer(id, off, 0x200);
if (vs == NULL)
* to make the filesystem detection successful.
*
* We do not want to read that many bytes from probed floppies, skip volumes
- * smaller than a usual floppy disk
+ * smaller than a usual floppy disk.
*/
if (size > 1440 * 1024) {
int found = 0;