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+; Copyright (C) 2025 Elaina Claus
+; 
+;     This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+;     it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+;     the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+;     (at your option) any later version.
+; 
+;     This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+;     but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+;     MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+;     GNU General Public License for more details.
+; 
+;     You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+;     along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+%ifndef __INC_FAT32_SYS
+
+%include "partition_table.inc"
+%include "fat32/bpb_offset_bx.inc"
+%include "fat32/fat32_structures.inc"
+
+; Prototyping for now...
+
+; TODO:
+;   - bio_read_sectors (BIOS int13h LBA or CHS) + tiny sector cache.
+;   - mount: parse BPB, derive fat0_lba, data_lba, cluster0_lba.
+;   - FAT read: fat32_read_fat, fat32_next_clus.
+;   - dir iterator (SFN only) + path lookup.
+;   - file reader (fopen/fread) with cluster crossing.
+;   - contiguity probe for speed (optional).
+;   - (later) LFN support & code page handling.
+
+
+; keep count <= 127
+; int bio_read_sectors(uint64_t lba, uint16_t count, void* dst);
+; will also need a bio_bios_int13h() (refactor ext_disk_read?)
+; to abstract the backend 'sector getter'
+
+; Error codes
+
+; FS_OK 0
+; FS_E_IO 1 (bio read failed)
+; FS_E_FMT 2 (not FAT32 or bad BPB)
+; FS_E_RANGE 3 (bad cluster or out of range)
+; FS_E_END 4 (iterator end)
+; FS_E_NOSUCH 5 (file/dir not found)
+; FS_E_ISDIR 6 (opened dir as file)
+; FS_E_TOOLONG 7 (path segment too long for 8.3)
+; FS_E_UNSUPPORTED 8 (LFN present but disabled)
+; FS_E_UNIMPLEMENTED 0xffff (procedure call unimplmented)
+
+;
+; Cache methods
+;
+; TODO: make a cache for ~4-8 disk sectors
+; TODO: make a cache for FATs to avoid having to re-read the FAT
+;
+; // uses bio_read_sectors + cache
+; int cache_read_sector(uint64_t lba, void* dst);   
+; int cache_invalidate_all(void);
+
+; what a 'mount' should probably do at this point...
+; - read VBR at partition_lba
+; - validate FAT32 signatures
+; - fill fat32_bpb_t and compute derived fields
+; - read FSInfo (free count/next free)
+; - ???
+; int fat32_mount(uint32_t partition_lba, fat32_bpb_t* out);
+
+
+;
+; Accessors
+;
+
+; // Convert cluster -> LBA of first sector of that cluster
+; uint64_t clus_to_lba(const fat32_bpb_t* v, uint32_t clus) {
+;  return v->data_lba + (uint64_t)(clus - 2) * v->secs_per_clus;
+; }
+
+; FAT32 entry is 32-bits; only low 28 bits are meaningful.
+;   EOC if (val & 0x0FFFFFFF) >= 0x0FFFFFF8.
+;   bad if == 0x0FFFFFF7.
+;   free if == 0x00000000.
+
+; // Read 32-bit FAT entry for cluster n
+; int fat32_read_fat(const fat32_bpb_t* v, uint32_t clus, uint32_t* out);
+
+; // Walk to next cluster in chain (validates EOC/bad)
+; int fat32_next_clus(const fat32_bpb_t* v, uint32_t clus, uint32_t* out_next);
+
+;
+; SFN directories
+;
+
+; typedef struct {
+;   char     name83[12];   // "FILENAMEEXT" (no dot), NUL-terminated
+;   uint8_t  attr;         // ATTR_DIRECTORY=0x10, ATTR_VOLUME=0x08
+;   uint32_t first_clus;   // (hi<<16)|lo
+;   uint32_t size;         // bytes
+; } fat32_dirent_sfn_t;
+
+; typedef struct { // iterator
+;   fat32_bpb_t* v;
+;   uint32_t     cur_clus;
+;   uint32_t     offs_in_clus; // byte offset
+; } fat32_dir_iter_t;
+
+;int fat32_dir_iter_open_root(fat32_bpb_t* v, fat32_dir_iter_t* it);
+;int fat32_dir_iter_open(fat32_bpb_t* v, uint32_t first_clus, fat32_dir_iter_t* it);
+;int fat32_dir_iter_next(fat32_dir_iter_t* it, fat32_dirent_sfn_t* out); // FS_OK or FS_E_END
+
+
+; typedef struct {
+;   uint32_t first_clus;
+;   uint32_t size;
+;   uint8_t  attr; // dir or file
+; } fat32_node_t;
+
+; split by / or \.
+; start at root (v->root_clus).
+; for each component:
+; iterate directory with dir_iter_* to find case-insensitive 8.3 match (fold to upper and space-pad during compare).
+; if final component: return file’s cluster & size.
+; if intermediate: ensure ATTR_DIRECTORY and descend.
+;
+; int fat32_path_lookup(fat32_bpb_t* v, const char* path, fat32_node_t* out);
+
+; an example 'do the thing' proc to load a file to a location
+;
+; // loads file at path into dst, up to max_bytes; returns size read.
+; int fat32_load_file(fat32_bpb_t* v, const char* path, void* dst,
+;                     uint32_t max_bytes, uint32_t* out_size);
+
+; streamed reads
+;
+; typedef struct {
+;   fat32_bpb_t* v;
+;   uint32_t     first_clus;
+;   uint32_t     cur_clus;
+;   uint32_t     cur_clus_index;   // which cluster within file we’re on
+;   uint32_t     size;             // total bytes
+;   uint32_t     pos;              // current byte position
+; } fat32_file_t;
+; 
+; 
+; int fat32_fopen(fat32_bpb_t* v, const char* path, fat32_file_t* f);
+; int fat32_fread(fat32_file_t* f, void* dst, uint32_t nbytes, uint32_t* out_read);
+; int fat32_fseek(fat32_file_t* f, uint32_t new_pos);   // forward seeks only is fine
+; int fat32_fclose(fat32_file_t* f);
+
+
+; an example 'do the thing' proc to load a file to a location
+;
+; // loads file at path into dst, up to max_bytes; returns size read.
+; int fat32_load_file(fat32_bpb_t* v, const char* path, void* dst,
+;                     uint32_t max_bytes, uint32_t* out_size);
+
+
+%endif
+%define __INC_FAT32_SYS
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