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+This directory contains the ChibiOS/RT "official" bindings with the lwIP
+TCP/IP stack: http://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/lwip
+
+In order to use FatFS within ChibiOS/RT project, unzip FatFS under
+./ext/lwip-1.4.0 then include $(CHIBIOS)/os/various/lwip_bindings/lwip.mk
+in your makefile.