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1 files changed, 8 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/fs/fat/inode.c b/fs/fat/inode.c
index c0b5b5c3373b..269e7b91b8b1 100644
--- a/fs/fat/inode.c
+++ b/fs/fat/inode.c
@@ -1803,11 +1803,15 @@ int fat_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent, int isvfat,
fat_ent_access_init(sb);
/*
- * The low byte of FAT's first entry must have same value with
- * media-field. But in real world, too many devices is
- * writing wrong value. So, removed that validity check.
+ * The low byte of the first FAT entry must have the same value as
+ * the media field of the boot sector. But in real world, too many
+ * devices are writing wrong values. So, removed that validity check.
*
- * if (FAT_FIRST_ENT(sb, media) != first)
+ * The removed check compared the first FAT entry to a value dependent
+ * on the media field like this:
+ * == (0x0F00 | media), for FAT12
+ * == (0XFF00 | media), for FAT16
+ * == (0x0FFFFF | media), for FAT32
*/
error = -EINVAL;