FullFAT 2.0.0-RTM -- NOW AVAILABLE

The core library is now frozen, fully tested and very stable.

Major improvements over RC1.1

• Cache Write Through - Prevent FS corruption from sudden power failure in mobile devices.
  • This is required if you keep your files open indefinitely.
• More testsuite stuff.
• Fixed many problems with unaligned access.
• Other bug-fixes for problems introduced.
• Perfect free-space reporting.

FullFAT 2.0.0-RC1.1 -- NOW AVAILABLE

This is a must have for all developers using FullFAT. Going from BETA we have made some huge changes to several important parts of FullFAT:

The library code is now FEATURE freezed. Only bug-fixes/feature fixes will be added to this code-base before we declare a 2.0.0-final.

Also DEMO/Documentation/fs-manager will be completed for the final release.

Major improvements over beta2

• Unaligned access optimisation. (Huge read/write performance gains).
• Re-architected buffer management for FAT traversal and Directory management. (1000x perfomance gains) Thanks to Hein__Tibosch.
• Beginnings of a new TESTSUITE in the demo.
• FORMAT FAT16/FAT32
• Write All FAT Mirrors.
• Sync all FAT Mirrors on unmount.
• Write Free Cluster Count to Disk.
• Support for FSINFO sector (FAT32).
• Linux demo is now fully featured.

What's Coming Soon?

• Much improved documentation in the Doc dir, Doxygen/Tex/ and PDF from TEX.
• Demo environment will be completed to include a full set of typical unix commands for handling files.
• FORMAT with advanced features.
• Filesystem manager, providing full stdio interface.

Bug Fix Releases (From RC1)

List of all the releases that patch the RC1.

RC1.1

We fixed RC1! There was a bug with FAT16 traversal/dirent creation and so we've now bumped the RC1 release to RC1.1.

This is an important update for all developers.

FullFAT 2.0.0-beta2 -- NOW AVAILABLE

It's finally here, this is a beta release, which means that the core code base is complete. (The FullFAT library). However demo's and documentation are not 100% complete.

FullFAT

FullFAT is a fully featured FAT 12/16/32 library. It features optional LFN (Long File-name support)

• Fast and Efficient with Low Memory Footprint
• Scalable from Embedded Systems to Desktop OS’s
• Thread Safe
• Removable Media Support
• UNICODE Support
• Multiple File Open
• LFN Support (optional).
• Fully Featured
• Optional Caching
• Safe Caching behaviour
• Customisable Caching behaviour
• Multiple & Single Block Reading
• Platform independent, no assumptions about Endianess
• Easily integrated into current OS’s and Frameworks

FullFAT provides the most comprehensive, free and open-source FAT filesystem solution. It can be used commercially during prototyping for free, and products containing FullFAT must obtain a commercial license.

Further Info

Please see http://www.fullfat-fs.co.uk for more information.

Commercial Licensing

Commercial licenses are available from http://www.fullfat-fs.co.uk