diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 8ee5acd8..111131d3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ jobs:
           # sizes table
           i=0
           j=0
-          for c in "" readonly threadsafe migrate error-asserts
+          for c in "" readonly threadsafe multiversion migrate error-asserts
           do
             # per-config results
             c_or_default=${c:-default}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 826191a8..7c6c5e12 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -170,6 +170,27 @@ jobs:
           cp lfs2.data.csv sizes/${{matrix.arch}}-threadsafe.data.csv
           cp lfs2.stack.csv sizes/${{matrix.arch}}-threadsafe.stack.csv
           cp lfs2.structs.csv sizes/${{matrix.arch}}-threadsafe.structs.csv
+      - name: sizes-multiversion
+        run: |
+          make clean
+          CFLAGS="$CFLAGS \
+            -DLFS2_NO_ASSERT \
+            -DLFS2_NO_DEBUG \
+            -DLFS2_NO_WARN \
+            -DLFS2_NO_ERROR \
+            -DLFS2_MULTIVERSION" \
+            make lfs2.code.csv lfs2.data.csv lfs2.stack.csv lfs2.structs.csv
+          ./scripts/structs.py -u lfs2.structs.csv
+          ./scripts/summary.py lfs2.code.csv lfs2.data.csv lfs2.stack.csv \
+            -bfunction \
+            -fcode=code_size \
+            -fdata=data_size \
+            -fstack=stack_limit --max=stack_limit
+          mkdir -p sizes
+          cp lfs2.code.csv sizes/${{matrix.arch}}-multiversion.code.csv
+          cp lfs2.data.csv sizes/${{matrix.arch}}-multiversion.data.csv
+          cp lfs2.stack.csv sizes/${{matrix.arch}}-multiversion.stack.csv
+          cp lfs2.structs.csv sizes/${{matrix.arch}}-multiversion.structs.csv
       - name: sizes-migrate
         run: |
           make clean
@@ -353,6 +374,42 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -DLFS2_NO_INTRINSICS" make test
 
+  # run LFS2_MULTIVERSION tests
+  test-multiversion:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - name: install
+        run: |
+          # need a few things
+          sudo apt-get update -qq
+          sudo apt-get install -qq gcc python3 python3-pip
+          pip3 install toml
+          gcc --version
+          python3 --version
+      - name: test-multiversion
+        run: |
+          CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -DLFS2_MULTIVERSION" make test
+
+  # run tests on the older version lfs22.0
+  test-lfs22_0:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - name: install
+        run: |
+          # need a few things
+          sudo apt-get update -qq
+          sudo apt-get install -qq gcc python3 python3-pip
+          pip3 install toml
+          gcc --version
+          python3 --version
+      - name: test-lfs22_0
+        run: |
+          CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -DLFS2_MULTIVERSION" \
+          TESTFLAGS="$TESTFLAGS -DDISK_VERSION=0x00020000" \
+            make test
+
   # run under Valgrind to check for memory errors
   test-valgrind:
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
@@ -371,7 +428,8 @@ jobs:
       # on one geometry
       - name: test-valgrind
         run: |
-          TESTFLAGS="$TESTFLAGS --valgrind -Gdefault -Pnone" make test
+          TESTFLAGS="$TESTFLAGS --valgrind --context=1024 -Gdefault -Pnone" \
+            make test
 
   # test that compilation is warning free under clang
   # run with Clang, mostly to check for Clang-specific warnings
@@ -684,7 +742,7 @@ jobs:
           # sizes table
           i=0
           j=0
-          for c in "" readonly threadsafe migrate error-asserts
+          for c in "" readonly threadsafe multiversion migrate error-asserts
           do
             # per-config results
             c_or_default=${c:-default}
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 421f0b07..b70e1d0f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -250,6 +250,10 @@ License Identifiers that are here available: http://spdx.org/licenses/
   MCUs. It offers static wear-leveling and power-resilience with only a fixed
   _O(|address|)_ pointer structure stored on each block and in RAM.
 
+- [ChaN's FatFs] - A lightweight reimplementation of the infamous FAT filesystem
+  for microcontroller-scale devices. Due to limitations of FAT it can't provide
+  power-loss resilience, but it does allow easy interop with PCs.
+
 - [chamelon] - A pure-OCaml implementation of (most of) littlefs, designed for
   use with the MirageOS library operating system project. It is interoperable
   with the reference implementation, with some caveats.
@@ -266,6 +270,7 @@ License Identifiers that are here available: http://spdx.org/licenses/
 [LittleFileSystem]: https://os.mbed.com/docs/mbed-os/latest/apis/littlefilesystem.html
 [SPIFFS]: https://github.com/pellepl/spiffs
 [Dhara]: https://github.com/dlbeer/dhara
+[ChaN's FatFs]: http://elm-chan.org/fsw/ff/00index_e.html
 [littlefs-python]: https://pypi.org/project/littlefs-python/
 [littlefs2-rust]: https://crates.io/crates/littlefs2
 [chamelon]: https://github.com/yomimono/chamelon
diff --git a/lfs2.c b/lfs2.c
index ef476855..6efa8b4f 100644
--- a/lfs2.c
+++ b/lfs2.c
@@ -415,11 +415,11 @@ static inline uint8_t lfs2_gstate_getorphans(const lfs2_gstate_t *a) {
 static inline bool lfs2_gstate_hasmove(const lfs2_gstate_t *a) {
     return lfs2_tag_type1(a->tag);
 }
+#endif
 
 static inline bool lfs2_gstate_needssuperblock(const lfs2_gstate_t *a) {
     return lfs2_tag_size(a->tag) >> 9;
 }
-#endif
 
 static inline bool lfs2_gstate_hasmovehere(const lfs2_gstate_t *a,
         const lfs2_block_t *pair) {
@@ -518,6 +518,28 @@ static void lfs2_mlist_append(lfs2_t *lfs2, struct lfs2_mlist *mlist) {
     lfs2->mlist = mlist;
 }
 
+// some other filesystem operations
+static uint32_t lfs2_fs_disk_version(lfs2_t *lfs2) {
+    (void)lfs2;
+#ifdef LFS2_MULTIVERSION
+    if (lfs2->cfg->disk_version) {
+        return lfs2->cfg->disk_version;
+    } else
+#endif
+    {
+        return LFS2_DISK_VERSION;
+    }
+}
+
+static uint16_t lfs2_fs_disk_version_major(lfs2_t *lfs2) {
+    return 0xffff & (lfs2_fs_disk_version(lfs2) >> 16);
+
+}
+
+static uint16_t lfs2_fs_disk_version_minor(lfs2_t *lfs2) {
+    return 0xffff & (lfs2_fs_disk_version(lfs2) >> 0);
+}
+
 
 /// Internal operations predeclared here ///
 #ifndef LFS2_READONLY
@@ -535,7 +557,6 @@ static int lfs2_file_outline(lfs2_t *lfs2, lfs2_file_t *file);
 static int lfs2_file_flush(lfs2_t *lfs2, lfs2_file_t *file);
 
 static int lfs2_fs_deorphan(lfs2_t *lfs2, bool powerloss);
-static void lfs2_fs_prepsuperblock(lfs2_t *lfs2, bool needssuperblock);
 static int lfs2_fs_preporphans(lfs2_t *lfs2, int8_t orphans);
 static void lfs2_fs_prepmove(lfs2_t *lfs2,
         uint16_t id, const lfs2_block_t pair[2]);
@@ -546,6 +567,8 @@ static lfs2_stag_t lfs2_fs_parent(lfs2_t *lfs2, const lfs2_block_t dir[2],
 static int lfs2_fs_forceconsistency(lfs2_t *lfs2);
 #endif
 
+static void lfs2_fs_prepsuperblock(lfs2_t *lfs2, bool needssuperblock);
+
 #ifdef LFS2_MIGRATE
 static int lfs21_traverse(lfs2_t *lfs2,
         int (*cb)(void*, lfs2_block_t), void *data);
@@ -1110,7 +1133,8 @@ static lfs2_stag_t lfs2_dir_fetchmatch(lfs2_t *lfs2,
 
             // next commit not yet programmed?
             if (!lfs2_tag_isvalid(tag)) {
-                maybeerased = true;
+                // we only might be erased if the last tag was a crc
+                maybeerased = (lfs2_tag_type2(ptag) == LFS2_TYPE_CCRC);
                 break;
             // out of range?
             } else if (off + lfs2_tag_dsize(tag) > lfs2->cfg->block_size) {
@@ -1155,14 +1179,11 @@ static lfs2_stag_t lfs2_dir_fetchmatch(lfs2_t *lfs2,
                 dir->tail[1] = temptail[1];
                 dir->split = tempsplit;
 
-                // reset crc
+                // reset crc, hasfcrc
                 crc = 0xffffffff;
                 continue;
             }
 
-            // fcrc is only valid when last tag was a crc
-            hasfcrc = false;
-
             // crc the entry first, hopefully leaving it in the cache
             err = lfs2_bd_crc(lfs2,
                     NULL, &lfs2->rcache, lfs2->cfg->block_size,
@@ -1256,20 +1277,33 @@ static lfs2_stag_t lfs2_dir_fetchmatch(lfs2_t *lfs2,
 
         // did we end on a valid commit? we may have an erased block
         dir->erased = false;
-        if (maybeerased && hasfcrc && dir->off % lfs2->cfg->prog_size == 0) {
-            // check for an fcrc matching the next prog's erased state, if
-            // this failed most likely a previous prog was interrupted, we
-            // need a new erase
-            uint32_t fcrc_ = 0xffffffff;
-            int err = lfs2_bd_crc(lfs2,
-                    NULL, &lfs2->rcache, lfs2->cfg->block_size,
-                    dir->pair[0], dir->off, fcrc.size, &fcrc_);
-            if (err && err != LFS2_ERR_CORRUPT) {
-                return err;
-            }
+        if (maybeerased && dir->off % lfs2->cfg->prog_size == 0) {
+        #ifdef LFS2_MULTIVERSION
+            // note versions < lfs22.1 did not have fcrc tags, if
+            // we're < lfs22.1 treat missing fcrc as erased data
+            //
+            // we don't strictly need to do this, but otherwise writing
+            // to lfs22.0 disks becomes very inefficient
+            if (lfs2_fs_disk_version(lfs2) < 0x00020001) {
+                dir->erased = true;
 
-            // found beginning of erased part?
-            dir->erased = (fcrc_ == fcrc.crc);
+            } else
+        #endif
+            if (hasfcrc) {
+                // check for an fcrc matching the next prog's erased state, if
+                // this failed most likely a previous prog was interrupted, we
+                // need a new erase
+                uint32_t fcrc_ = 0xffffffff;
+                int err = lfs2_bd_crc(lfs2,
+                        NULL, &lfs2->rcache, lfs2->cfg->block_size,
+                        dir->pair[0], dir->off, fcrc.size, &fcrc_);
+                if (err && err != LFS2_ERR_CORRUPT) {
+                    return err;
+                }
+
+                // found beginning of erased part?
+                dir->erased = (fcrc_ == fcrc.crc);
+            }
         }
 
         // synthetic move
@@ -1605,22 +1639,34 @@ static int lfs2_dir_commitcrc(lfs2_t *lfs2, struct lfs2_commit *commit) {
                 return err;
             }
 
-            // find the expected fcrc, don't bother avoiding a reread
-            // of the eperturb, it should still be in our cache
-            struct lfs2_fcrc fcrc = {.size=lfs2->cfg->prog_size, .crc=0xffffffff};
-            err = lfs2_bd_crc(lfs2,
-                    NULL, &lfs2->rcache, lfs2->cfg->prog_size,
-                    commit->block, noff, fcrc.size, &fcrc.crc);
-            if (err && err != LFS2_ERR_CORRUPT) {
-                return err;
-            }
+        #ifdef LFS2_MULTIVERSION
+            // unfortunately fcrcs break mdir fetching < lfs22.1, so only write
+            // these if we're a >= lfs22.1 filesystem
+            if (lfs2_fs_disk_version(lfs2) <= 0x00020000) {
+                // don't write fcrc
+            } else
+        #endif
+            {
+                // find the expected fcrc, don't bother avoiding a reread
+                // of the eperturb, it should still be in our cache
+                struct lfs2_fcrc fcrc = {
+                    .size = lfs2->cfg->prog_size,
+                    .crc = 0xffffffff
+                };
+                err = lfs2_bd_crc(lfs2,
+                        NULL, &lfs2->rcache, lfs2->cfg->prog_size,
+                        commit->block, noff, fcrc.size, &fcrc.crc);
+                if (err && err != LFS2_ERR_CORRUPT) {
+                    return err;
+                }
 
-            lfs2_fcrc_tole32(&fcrc);
-            err = lfs2_dir_commitattr(lfs2, commit,
-                    LFS2_MKTAG(LFS2_TYPE_FCRC, 0x3ff, sizeof(struct lfs2_fcrc)),
-                    &fcrc);
-            if (err) {
-                return err;
+                lfs2_fcrc_tole32(&fcrc);
+                err = lfs2_dir_commitattr(lfs2, commit,
+                        LFS2_MKTAG(LFS2_TYPE_FCRC, 0x3ff, sizeof(struct lfs2_fcrc)),
+                        &fcrc);
+                if (err) {
+                    return err;
+                }
             }
         }
 
@@ -4051,6 +4097,15 @@ static int lfs2_init(lfs2_t *lfs2, const struct lfs2_config *cfg) {
     lfs2->cfg = cfg;
     int err = 0;
 
+#ifdef LFS2_MULTIVERSION
+    // this driver only supports minor version < current minor version
+    LFS2_ASSERT(!lfs2->cfg->disk_version || (
+            (0xffff & (lfs2->cfg->disk_version >> 16))
+                    == LFS2_DISK_VERSION_MAJOR
+                && (0xffff & (lfs2->cfg->disk_version >> 0))
+                    <= LFS2_DISK_VERSION_MINOR));
+#endif
+
     // check that bool is a truthy-preserving type
     //
     // note the most common reason for this failure is a before-c99 compiler,
@@ -4208,7 +4263,7 @@ static int lfs2_rawformat(lfs2_t *lfs2, const struct lfs2_config *cfg) {
 
         // write one superblock
         lfs2_superblock_t superblock = {
-            .version     = LFS2_DISK_VERSION,
+            .version     = lfs2_fs_disk_version(lfs2),
             .block_size  = lfs2->cfg->block_size,
             .block_count = lfs2->cfg->block_count,
             .name_max    = lfs2->name_max,
@@ -4306,12 +4361,14 @@ static int lfs2_rawmount(lfs2_t *lfs2, const struct lfs2_config *cfg) {
             // check version
             uint16_t major_version = (0xffff & (superblock.version >> 16));
             uint16_t minor_version = (0xffff & (superblock.version >>  0));
-            if ((major_version != LFS2_DISK_VERSION_MAJOR ||
-                 minor_version > LFS2_DISK_VERSION_MINOR)) {
+            if (major_version != lfs2_fs_disk_version_major(lfs2)
+                    || minor_version > lfs2_fs_disk_version_minor(lfs2)) {
                 LFS2_ERROR("Invalid version "
                         "v%"PRIu16".%"PRIu16" != v%"PRIu16".%"PRIu16,
-                        major_version, minor_version,
-                        LFS2_DISK_VERSION_MAJOR, LFS2_DISK_VERSION_MINOR);
+                        major_version,
+                        minor_version,
+                        lfs2_fs_disk_version_major(lfs2),
+                        lfs2_fs_disk_version_minor(lfs2));
                 err = LFS2_ERR_INVAL;
                 goto cleanup;
             }
@@ -4319,16 +4376,16 @@ static int lfs2_rawmount(lfs2_t *lfs2, const struct lfs2_config *cfg) {
             // found older minor version? set an in-device only bit in the
             // gstate so we know we need to rewrite the superblock before
             // the first write
-            if (minor_version < LFS2_DISK_VERSION_MINOR) {
+            if (minor_version < lfs2_fs_disk_version_minor(lfs2)) {
                 LFS2_DEBUG("Found older minor version "
                         "v%"PRIu16".%"PRIu16" < v%"PRIu16".%"PRIu16,
-                        major_version, minor_version,
-                        LFS2_DISK_VERSION_MAJOR, LFS2_DISK_VERSION_MINOR);
-            #ifndef LFS2_READONLY
+                        major_version,
+                        minor_version,
+                        lfs2_fs_disk_version_major(lfs2),
+                        lfs2_fs_disk_version_minor(lfs2));
                 // note this bit is reserved on disk, so fetching more gstate
                 // will not interfere here
                 lfs2_fs_prepsuperblock(lfs2, true);
-            #endif
             }
 
             // check superblock configuration
@@ -4421,6 +4478,42 @@ static int lfs2_rawunmount(lfs2_t *lfs2) {
 
 
 /// Filesystem filesystem operations ///
+static int lfs2_fs_rawstat(lfs2_t *lfs2, struct lfs2_fsinfo *fsinfo) {
+    // if the superblock is up-to-date, we must be on the most recent
+    // minor version of littlefs
+    if (!lfs2_gstate_needssuperblock(&lfs2->gstate)) {
+        fsinfo->disk_version = lfs2_fs_disk_version(lfs2);
+
+    // otherwise we need to read the minor version on disk
+    } else {
+        // fetch the superblock
+        lfs2_mdir_t dir;
+        int err = lfs2_dir_fetch(lfs2, &dir, lfs2->root);
+        if (err) {
+            return err;
+        }
+
+        lfs2_superblock_t superblock;
+        lfs2_stag_t tag = lfs2_dir_get(lfs2, &dir, LFS2_MKTAG(0x7ff, 0x3ff, 0),
+                LFS2_MKTAG(LFS2_TYPE_INLINESTRUCT, 0, sizeof(superblock)),
+                &superblock);
+        if (tag < 0) {
+            return tag;
+        }
+        lfs2_superblock_fromle32(&superblock);
+
+        // read the on-disk version
+        fsinfo->disk_version = superblock.version;
+    }
+
+    // other on-disk configuration, we cache all of these for internal use
+    fsinfo->name_max = lfs2->name_max;
+    fsinfo->file_max = lfs2->file_max;
+    fsinfo->attr_max = lfs2->attr_max;
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
 int lfs2_fs_rawtraverse(lfs2_t *lfs2,
         int (*cb)(void *data, lfs2_block_t block), void *data,
         bool includeorphans) {
@@ -4631,12 +4724,10 @@ static lfs2_stag_t lfs2_fs_parent(lfs2_t *lfs2, const lfs2_block_t pair[2],
 }
 #endif
 
-#ifndef LFS2_READONLY
 static void lfs2_fs_prepsuperblock(lfs2_t *lfs2, bool needssuperblock) {
     lfs2->gstate.tag = (lfs2->gstate.tag & ~LFS2_MKTAG(0, 0, 0x200))
             | (uint32_t)needssuperblock << 9;
 }
-#endif
 
 #ifndef LFS2_READONLY
 static int lfs2_fs_preporphans(lfs2_t *lfs2, int8_t orphans) {
@@ -4678,7 +4769,7 @@ static int lfs2_fs_desuperblock(lfs2_t *lfs2) {
 
     // write a new superblock
     lfs2_superblock_t superblock = {
-        .version     = LFS2_DISK_VERSION,
+        .version     = lfs2_fs_disk_version(lfs2),
         .block_size  = lfs2->cfg->block_size,
         .block_count = lfs2->cfg->block_count,
         .name_max    = lfs2->name_max,
@@ -4934,6 +5025,7 @@ static lfs2_ssize_t lfs2_fs_rawsize(lfs2_t *lfs2) {
     return size;
 }
 
+
 #ifdef LFS2_MIGRATE
 ////// Migration from littelfs v1 below this //////
 
@@ -6053,6 +6145,20 @@ int lfs2_dir_rewind(lfs2_t *lfs2, lfs2_dir_t *dir) {
     return err;
 }
 
+int lfs2_fs_stat(lfs2_t *lfs2, struct lfs2_fsinfo *fsinfo) {
+    int err = LFS2_LOCK(lfs2->cfg);
+    if (err) {
+        return err;
+    }
+    LFS2_TRACE("lfs2_fs_stat(%p, %p)", (void*)lfs2, (void*)fsinfo);
+
+    err = lfs2_fs_rawstat(lfs2, fsinfo);
+
+    LFS2_TRACE("lfs2_fs_stat -> %d", err);
+    LFS2_UNLOCK(lfs2->cfg);
+    return err;
+}
+
 lfs2_ssize_t lfs2_fs_size(lfs2_t *lfs2) {
     int err = LFS2_LOCK(lfs2->cfg);
     if (err) {
diff --git a/lfs2.h b/lfs2.h
index b58cc22f..cb660f15 100644
--- a/lfs2.h
+++ b/lfs2.h
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ extern "C"
 // Software library version
 // Major (top-nibble), incremented on backwards incompatible changes
 // Minor (bottom-nibble), incremented on feature additions
-#define LFS2_VERSION 0x00020006
+#define LFS2_VERSION 0x00020007
 #define LFS2_VERSION_MAJOR (0xffff & (LFS2_VERSION >> 16))
 #define LFS2_VERSION_MINOR (0xffff & (LFS2_VERSION >>  0))
 
@@ -263,6 +263,14 @@ struct lfs2_config {
     // can help bound the metadata compaction time. Must be <= block_size.
     // Defaults to block_size when zero.
     lfs2_size_t metadata_max;
+
+#ifdef LFS2_MULTIVERSION
+    // On-disk version to use when writing in the form of 16-bit major version
+    // + 16-bit minor version. This limiting metadata to what is supported by
+    // older minor versions. Note that some features will be lost. Defaults to 
+    // to the most recent minor version when zero.
+    uint32_t disk_version;
+#endif
 };
 
 // File info structure
@@ -280,6 +288,21 @@ struct lfs2_info {
     char name[LFS2_NAME_MAX+1];
 };
 
+// Filesystem info structure
+struct lfs2_fsinfo {
+    // On-disk version.
+    uint32_t disk_version;
+
+    // Upper limit on the length of file names in bytes.
+    lfs2_size_t name_max;
+
+    // Upper limit on the size of files in bytes.
+    lfs2_size_t file_max;
+
+    // Upper limit on the size of custom attributes in bytes.
+    lfs2_size_t attr_max;
+};
+
 // Custom attribute structure, used to describe custom attributes
 // committed atomically during file writes.
 struct lfs2_attr {
@@ -659,6 +682,12 @@ int lfs2_dir_rewind(lfs2_t *lfs2, lfs2_dir_t *dir);
 
 /// Filesystem-level filesystem operations
 
+// Find on-disk info about the filesystem
+//
+// Fills out the fsinfo structure based on the filesystem found on-disk.
+// Returns a negative error code on failure.
+int lfs2_fs_stat(lfs2_t *lfs2, struct lfs2_fsinfo *fsinfo);
+
 // Finds the current size of the filesystem
 //
 // Note: Result is best effort. If files share COW structures, the returned
diff --git a/runners/test_runner.c b/runners/test_runner.c
index 2efcadbc..10a2cc77 100644
--- a/runners/test_runner.c
+++ b/runners/test_runner.c
@@ -1346,6 +1346,9 @@ static void run_powerloss_none(
         .block_cycles       = BLOCK_CYCLES,
         .cache_size         = CACHE_SIZE,
         .lookahead_size     = LOOKAHEAD_SIZE,
+    #ifdef LFS2_MULTIVERSION
+        .disk_version       = DISK_VERSION,
+    #endif
     };
 
     struct lfs2_emubd_config bdcfg = {
@@ -1415,6 +1418,9 @@ static void run_powerloss_linear(
         .block_cycles       = BLOCK_CYCLES,
         .cache_size         = CACHE_SIZE,
         .lookahead_size     = LOOKAHEAD_SIZE,
+    #ifdef LFS2_MULTIVERSION
+        .disk_version       = DISK_VERSION,
+    #endif
     };
 
     struct lfs2_emubd_config bdcfg = {
@@ -1501,6 +1507,9 @@ static void run_powerloss_log(
         .block_cycles       = BLOCK_CYCLES,
         .cache_size         = CACHE_SIZE,
         .lookahead_size     = LOOKAHEAD_SIZE,
+    #ifdef LFS2_MULTIVERSION
+        .disk_version       = DISK_VERSION,
+    #endif
     };
 
     struct lfs2_emubd_config bdcfg = {
@@ -1585,6 +1594,9 @@ static void run_powerloss_cycles(
         .block_cycles       = BLOCK_CYCLES,
         .cache_size         = CACHE_SIZE,
         .lookahead_size     = LOOKAHEAD_SIZE,
+    #ifdef LFS2_MULTIVERSION
+        .disk_version       = DISK_VERSION,
+    #endif
     };
 
     struct lfs2_emubd_config bdcfg = {
@@ -1767,6 +1779,9 @@ static void run_powerloss_exhaustive(
         .block_cycles       = BLOCK_CYCLES,
         .cache_size         = CACHE_SIZE,
         .lookahead_size     = LOOKAHEAD_SIZE,
+    #ifdef LFS2_MULTIVERSION
+        .disk_version       = DISK_VERSION,
+    #endif
     };
 
     struct lfs2_emubd_config bdcfg = {
diff --git a/runners/test_runner.h b/runners/test_runner.h
index 61cf4d10..60efea92 100644
--- a/runners/test_runner.h
+++ b/runners/test_runner.h
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ intmax_t test_define(size_t define);
 #define ERASE_CYCLES_i       8
 #define BADBLOCK_BEHAVIOR_i  9
 #define POWERLOSS_BEHAVIOR_i 10
+#define DISK_VERSION_i       11
 
 #define READ_SIZE           TEST_DEFINE(READ_SIZE_i)
 #define PROG_SIZE           TEST_DEFINE(PROG_SIZE_i)
@@ -103,6 +104,7 @@ intmax_t test_define(size_t define);
 #define ERASE_CYCLES        TEST_DEFINE(ERASE_CYCLES_i)
 #define BADBLOCK_BEHAVIOR   TEST_DEFINE(BADBLOCK_BEHAVIOR_i)
 #define POWERLOSS_BEHAVIOR  TEST_DEFINE(POWERLOSS_BEHAVIOR_i)
+#define DISK_VERSION        TEST_DEFINE(DISK_VERSION_i)
 
 #define TEST_IMPLICIT_DEFINES \
     TEST_DEF(READ_SIZE,          PROG_SIZE) \
@@ -115,9 +117,10 @@ intmax_t test_define(size_t define);
     TEST_DEF(ERASE_VALUE,        0xff) \
     TEST_DEF(ERASE_CYCLES,       0) \
     TEST_DEF(BADBLOCK_BEHAVIOR,  LFS2_EMUBD_BADBLOCK_PROGERROR) \
-    TEST_DEF(POWERLOSS_BEHAVIOR, LFS2_EMUBD_POWERLOSS_NOOP)
+    TEST_DEF(POWERLOSS_BEHAVIOR, LFS2_EMUBD_POWERLOSS_NOOP) \
+    TEST_DEF(DISK_VERSION,       0)
 
-#define TEST_IMPLICIT_DEFINE_COUNT 11
+#define TEST_IMPLICIT_DEFINE_COUNT 12
 #define TEST_GEOMETRY_DEFINE_COUNT 4
 
 
diff --git a/tests/test_compat.toml b/tests/test_compat.toml
index 552b6c00..f7806d7a 100644
--- a/tests/test_compat.toml
+++ b/tests/test_compat.toml
@@ -22,14 +22,16 @@ code = '''
 #define STRINGIZE_(x) #x
 #include STRINGIZE(LFS2P)
 #else
-#define LFS2P_VERSION LFS2_VERSION
-#define LFS2P_VERSION_MAJOR LFS2_VERSION_MAJOR
-#define LFS2P_VERSION_MINOR LFS2_VERSION_MINOR
+#define LFS2P_DISK_VERSION LFS2_DISK_VERSION
+#define LFS2P_DISK_VERSION_MAJOR LFS2_DISK_VERSION_MAJOR
+#define LFS2P_DISK_VERSION_MINOR LFS2_DISK_VERSION_MINOR
 #define lfs2p_t lfs2_t
 #define lfs2p_config lfs2_config
 #define lfs2p_format lfs2_format
 #define lfs2p_mount lfs2_mount
 #define lfs2p_unmount lfs2_unmount
+#define lfs2p_fsinfo lfs2_fsinfo
+#define lfs2p_fs_stat lfs2_fs_stat
 #define lfs2p_dir_t lfs2_dir_t
 #define lfs2p_info lfs2_info
 #define LFS2P_TYPE_REG LFS2_TYPE_REG
@@ -58,7 +60,10 @@ code = '''
 
 # test we can mount in a new version
 [cases.test_compat_forward_mount]
-if = 'LFS2_VERSION_MAJOR == LFS2P_VERSION_MAJOR'
+if = '''
+    LFS2_DISK_VERSION_MAJOR == LFS2P_DISK_VERSION_MAJOR
+        && DISK_VERSION == 0
+'''
 code = '''
     // create the previous version
     struct lfs2p_config cfgp;
@@ -74,13 +79,22 @@ code = '''
     // now test the new mount
     lfs2_t lfs2;
     lfs2_mount(&lfs2, cfg) => 0;
+
+    // we should be able to read the version using lfs2_fs_stat
+    struct lfs2_fsinfo fsinfo;
+    lfs2_fs_stat(&lfs2, &fsinfo) => 0;
+    assert(fsinfo.disk_version == LFS2P_DISK_VERSION);
+
     lfs2_unmount(&lfs2) => 0;
 '''
 
 # test we can read dirs in a new version
 [cases.test_compat_forward_read_dirs]
 defines.COUNT = 5
-if = 'LFS2_VERSION_MAJOR == LFS2P_VERSION_MAJOR'
+if = '''
+    LFS2_DISK_VERSION_MAJOR == LFS2P_DISK_VERSION_MAJOR
+        && DISK_VERSION == 0
+'''
 code = '''
     // create the previous version
     struct lfs2p_config cfgp;
@@ -102,6 +116,11 @@ code = '''
     lfs2_t lfs2;
     lfs2_mount(&lfs2, cfg) => 0;
 
+    // we should be able to read the version using lfs2_fs_stat
+    struct lfs2_fsinfo fsinfo;
+    lfs2_fs_stat(&lfs2, &fsinfo) => 0;
+    assert(fsinfo.disk_version == LFS2P_DISK_VERSION);
+
     // can we list the directories?
     lfs2_dir_t dir;
     lfs2_dir_open(&lfs2, &dir, "/") => 0;
@@ -132,7 +151,10 @@ code = '''
 defines.COUNT = 5
 defines.SIZE = [4, 32, 512, 8192]
 defines.CHUNK = 4
-if = 'LFS2_VERSION_MAJOR == LFS2P_VERSION_MAJOR'
+if = '''
+    LFS2_DISK_VERSION_MAJOR == LFS2P_DISK_VERSION_MAJOR
+        && DISK_VERSION == 0
+'''
 code = '''
     // create the previous version
     struct lfs2p_config cfgp;
@@ -166,6 +188,11 @@ code = '''
     lfs2_t lfs2;
     lfs2_mount(&lfs2, cfg) => 0;
 
+    // we should be able to read the version using lfs2_fs_stat
+    struct lfs2_fsinfo fsinfo;
+    lfs2_fs_stat(&lfs2, &fsinfo) => 0;
+    assert(fsinfo.disk_version == LFS2P_DISK_VERSION);
+
     // can we list the files?
     lfs2_dir_t dir;
     lfs2_dir_open(&lfs2, &dir, "/") => 0;
@@ -214,7 +241,10 @@ code = '''
 defines.COUNT = 5
 defines.SIZE = [4, 32, 512, 8192]
 defines.CHUNK = 4
-if = 'LFS2_VERSION_MAJOR == LFS2P_VERSION_MAJOR'
+if = '''
+    LFS2_DISK_VERSION_MAJOR == LFS2P_DISK_VERSION_MAJOR
+        && DISK_VERSION == 0
+'''
 code = '''
     // create the previous version
     struct lfs2p_config cfgp;
@@ -251,6 +281,11 @@ code = '''
     lfs2_t lfs2;
     lfs2_mount(&lfs2, cfg) => 0;
 
+    // we should be able to read the version using lfs2_fs_stat
+    struct lfs2_fsinfo fsinfo;
+    lfs2_fs_stat(&lfs2, &fsinfo) => 0;
+    assert(fsinfo.disk_version == LFS2P_DISK_VERSION);
+
     // can we list the directories?
     lfs2_dir_t dir;
     lfs2_dir_open(&lfs2, &dir, "/") => 0;
@@ -321,7 +356,10 @@ code = '''
 # test we can write dirs in a new version
 [cases.test_compat_forward_write_dirs]
 defines.COUNT = 10
-if = 'LFS2_VERSION_MAJOR == LFS2P_VERSION_MAJOR'
+if = '''
+    LFS2_DISK_VERSION_MAJOR == LFS2P_DISK_VERSION_MAJOR
+        && DISK_VERSION == 0
+'''
 code = '''
     // create the previous version
     struct lfs2p_config cfgp;
@@ -343,6 +381,11 @@ code = '''
     lfs2_t lfs2;
     lfs2_mount(&lfs2, cfg) => 0;
 
+    // we should be able to read the version using lfs2_fs_stat
+    struct lfs2_fsinfo fsinfo;
+    lfs2_fs_stat(&lfs2, &fsinfo) => 0;
+    assert(fsinfo.disk_version == LFS2P_DISK_VERSION);
+
     // write another COUNT/2 dirs
     for (lfs2_size_t i = COUNT/2; i < COUNT; i++) {
         char name[8];
@@ -380,7 +423,10 @@ code = '''
 defines.COUNT = 5
 defines.SIZE = [4, 32, 512, 8192]
 defines.CHUNK = 2
-if = 'LFS2_VERSION_MAJOR == LFS2P_VERSION_MAJOR'
+if = '''
+    LFS2_DISK_VERSION_MAJOR == LFS2P_DISK_VERSION_MAJOR
+        && DISK_VERSION == 0
+'''
 code = '''
     // create the previous version
     struct lfs2p_config cfgp;
@@ -420,6 +466,11 @@ code = '''
     lfs2_t lfs2;
     lfs2_mount(&lfs2, cfg) => 0;
 
+    // we should be able to read the version using lfs2_fs_stat
+    struct lfs2_fsinfo fsinfo;
+    lfs2_fs_stat(&lfs2, &fsinfo) => 0;
+    assert(fsinfo.disk_version == LFS2P_DISK_VERSION);
+
     // write half COUNT files
     prng = 42;
     for (lfs2_size_t i = 0; i < COUNT; i++) {
@@ -494,7 +545,10 @@ code = '''
 defines.COUNT = 5
 defines.SIZE = [4, 32, 512, 8192]
 defines.CHUNK = 2
-if = 'LFS2_VERSION_MAJOR == LFS2P_VERSION_MAJOR'
+if = '''
+    LFS2_DISK_VERSION_MAJOR == LFS2P_DISK_VERSION_MAJOR
+        && DISK_VERSION == 0
+'''
 code = '''
     // create the previous version
     struct lfs2p_config cfgp;
@@ -537,6 +591,11 @@ code = '''
     lfs2_t lfs2;
     lfs2_mount(&lfs2, cfg) => 0;
 
+    // we should be able to read the version using lfs2_fs_stat
+    struct lfs2_fsinfo fsinfo;
+    lfs2_fs_stat(&lfs2, &fsinfo) => 0;
+    assert(fsinfo.disk_version == LFS2P_DISK_VERSION);
+
     // write half COUNT files
     prng = 42;
     for (lfs2_size_t i = 0; i < COUNT; i++) {
@@ -636,7 +695,10 @@ code = '''
 
 # test we can mount in an old version
 [cases.test_compat_backward_mount]
-if = 'LFS2_VERSION == LFS2P_VERSION'
+if = '''
+    LFS2_DISK_VERSION == LFS2P_DISK_VERSION
+        && DISK_VERSION == 0
+'''
 code = '''
     // create the new version
     lfs2_t lfs2;
@@ -651,13 +713,17 @@ code = '''
     memcpy(&cfgp, cfg, sizeof(cfgp));
     lfs2p_t lfs2p;
     lfs2p_mount(&lfs2p, &cfgp) => 0;
+
     lfs2p_unmount(&lfs2p) => 0;
 '''
 
 # test we can read dirs in an old version
 [cases.test_compat_backward_read_dirs]
 defines.COUNT = 5
-if = 'LFS2_VERSION == LFS2P_VERSION'
+if = '''
+    LFS2_DISK_VERSION == LFS2P_DISK_VERSION
+        && DISK_VERSION == 0
+'''
 code = '''
     // create the new version
     lfs2_t lfs2;
@@ -709,7 +775,10 @@ code = '''
 defines.COUNT = 5
 defines.SIZE = [4, 32, 512, 8192]
 defines.CHUNK = 4
-if = 'LFS2_VERSION == LFS2P_VERSION'
+if = '''
+    LFS2_DISK_VERSION == LFS2P_DISK_VERSION
+        && DISK_VERSION == 0
+'''
 code = '''
     // create the new version
     lfs2_t lfs2;
@@ -791,7 +860,10 @@ code = '''
 defines.COUNT = 5
 defines.SIZE = [4, 32, 512, 8192]
 defines.CHUNK = 4
-if = 'LFS2_VERSION == LFS2P_VERSION'
+if = '''
+    LFS2_DISK_VERSION == LFS2P_DISK_VERSION
+        && DISK_VERSION == 0
+'''
 code = '''
     // create the new version
     lfs2_t lfs2;
@@ -898,7 +970,10 @@ code = '''
 # test we can write dirs in an old version
 [cases.test_compat_backward_write_dirs]
 defines.COUNT = 10
-if = 'LFS2_VERSION == LFS2P_VERSION'
+if = '''
+    LFS2_DISK_VERSION == LFS2P_DISK_VERSION
+        && DISK_VERSION == 0
+'''
 code = '''
     // create the new version
     lfs2_t lfs2;
@@ -957,7 +1032,10 @@ code = '''
 defines.COUNT = 5
 defines.SIZE = [4, 32, 512, 8192]
 defines.CHUNK = 2
-if = 'LFS2_VERSION == LFS2P_VERSION'
+if = '''
+    LFS2_DISK_VERSION == LFS2P_DISK_VERSION
+        && DISK_VERSION == 0
+'''
 code = '''
     // create the previous version
     lfs2_t lfs2;
@@ -1071,7 +1149,10 @@ code = '''
 defines.COUNT = 5
 defines.SIZE = [4, 32, 512, 8192]
 defines.CHUNK = 2
-if = 'LFS2_VERSION == LFS2P_VERSION'
+if = '''
+    LFS2_DISK_VERSION == LFS2P_DISK_VERSION
+        && DISK_VERSION == 0
+'''
 code = '''
     // create the previous version
     lfs2_t lfs2;
@@ -1280,7 +1361,10 @@ code = '''
 # test that we correctly bump the minor version
 [cases.test_compat_minor_bump]
 in = 'lfs2.c'
-if = 'LFS2_DISK_VERSION_MINOR > 0'
+if = '''
+    LFS2_DISK_VERSION_MINOR > 0
+        && DISK_VERSION == 0
+'''
 code = '''
     // create a superblock
     lfs2_t lfs2;
@@ -1316,45 +1400,54 @@ code = '''
 
     // mount should still work
     lfs2_mount(&lfs2, cfg) => 0;
+
+    struct lfs2_fsinfo fsinfo;
+    lfs2_fs_stat(&lfs2, &fsinfo) => 0;
+    assert(fsinfo.disk_version == LFS2_DISK_VERSION-1);
+
     lfs2_file_open(&lfs2, &file, "test", LFS2_O_RDONLY) => 0;
     uint8_t buffer[8];
     lfs2_file_read(&lfs2, &file, buffer, 8) => 8;
     assert(memcmp(buffer, "testtest", 8) == 0);
     lfs2_file_close(&lfs2, &file) => 0;
+
+    // minor version should be unchanged
+    lfs2_fs_stat(&lfs2, &fsinfo) => 0;
+    assert(fsinfo.disk_version == LFS2_DISK_VERSION-1);
+
     lfs2_unmount(&lfs2) => 0;
 
     // if we write, we need to bump the minor version
     lfs2_mount(&lfs2, cfg) => 0;
+
+    lfs2_fs_stat(&lfs2, &fsinfo) => 0;
+    assert(fsinfo.disk_version == LFS2_DISK_VERSION-1);
+
     lfs2_file_open(&lfs2, &file, "test", LFS2_O_WRONLY | LFS2_O_TRUNC) => 0;
     lfs2_file_write(&lfs2, &file, "teeeeest", 8) => 8;
     lfs2_file_close(&lfs2, &file) => 0;
 
-    // minor version should have changed
-    lfs2_dir_fetch(&lfs2, &mdir, (lfs2_block_t[2]){0, 1}) => 0;
-    lfs2_dir_get(&lfs2, &mdir, LFS2_MKTAG(0x7ff, 0x3ff, 0),
-            LFS2_MKTAG(LFS2_TYPE_INLINESTRUCT, 0, sizeof(superblock)),
-            &superblock)
-            => LFS2_MKTAG(LFS2_TYPE_INLINESTRUCT, 0, sizeof(superblock));
-    lfs2_superblock_fromle32(&superblock);
-    assert((superblock.version >> 16) & 0xffff == LFS2_DISK_VERSION_MAJOR);
-    assert((superblock.version >>  0) & 0xffff == LFS2_DISK_VERSION_MINOR);
+    // minor version should be changed
+    lfs2_fs_stat(&lfs2, &fsinfo) => 0;
+    assert(fsinfo.disk_version == LFS2_DISK_VERSION);
+
     lfs2_unmount(&lfs2) => 0;
 
     // and of course mount should still work
     lfs2_mount(&lfs2, cfg) => 0;
+
+    // minor version should have changed
+    lfs2_fs_stat(&lfs2, &fsinfo) => 0;
+    assert(fsinfo.disk_version == LFS2_DISK_VERSION);
+
     lfs2_file_open(&lfs2, &file, "test", LFS2_O_RDONLY) => 0;
     lfs2_file_read(&lfs2, &file, buffer, 8) => 8;
     assert(memcmp(buffer, "teeeeest", 8) == 0);
     lfs2_file_close(&lfs2, &file) => 0;
 
-    // minor version should have changed
-    lfs2_dir_fetch(&lfs2, &mdir, (lfs2_block_t[2]){0, 1}) => 0;
-    lfs2_dir_get(&lfs2, &mdir, LFS2_MKTAG(0x7ff, 0x3ff, 0),
-            LFS2_MKTAG(LFS2_TYPE_INLINESTRUCT, 0, sizeof(superblock)),
-            &superblock)
-            => LFS2_MKTAG(LFS2_TYPE_INLINESTRUCT, 0, sizeof(superblock));
-    lfs2_superblock_fromle32(&superblock);
-    assert((superblock.version >> 16) & 0xffff == LFS2_DISK_VERSION_MAJOR);
-    assert((superblock.version >>  0) & 0xffff == LFS2_DISK_VERSION_MINOR);
+    // yep, still changed
+    lfs2_fs_stat(&lfs2, &fsinfo) => 0;
+    assert(fsinfo.disk_version == LFS2_DISK_VERSION);
+
     lfs2_unmount(&lfs2) => 0;
 '''
diff --git a/tests/test_powerloss.toml b/tests/test_powerloss.toml
index 0491b9c3..a0a5e175 100644
--- a/tests/test_powerloss.toml
+++ b/tests/test_powerloss.toml
@@ -90,7 +90,10 @@ code = '''
 
 # partial prog, may not be byte in order!
 [cases.test_powerloss_partial_prog]
-if = "PROG_SIZE < BLOCK_SIZE"
+if = '''
+    PROG_SIZE < BLOCK_SIZE
+        && (DISK_VERSION == 0 || DISK_VERSION >= 0x00020001)
+'''
 defines.BYTE_OFF = ["0", "PROG_SIZE-1", "PROG_SIZE/2"]
 defines.BYTE_VALUE = [0x33, 0xcc]
 in = "lfs2.c"
diff --git a/tests/test_superblocks.toml b/tests/test_superblocks.toml
index 9bab9c45..5d4923ae 100644
--- a/tests/test_superblocks.toml
+++ b/tests/test_superblocks.toml
@@ -34,6 +34,54 @@ code = '''
     lfs2_mount(&lfs2, cfg) => LFS2_ERR_CORRUPT;
 '''
 
+# test we can read superblock info through lfs2_fs_stat
+[cases.test_superblocks_stat]
+if = 'DISK_VERSION == 0'
+code = '''
+    lfs2_t lfs2;
+    lfs2_format(&lfs2, cfg) => 0;
+
+    // test we can mount and read fsinfo
+    lfs2_mount(&lfs2, cfg) => 0;
+
+    struct lfs2_fsinfo fsinfo;
+    lfs2_fs_stat(&lfs2, &fsinfo) => 0;
+    assert(fsinfo.disk_version == LFS2_DISK_VERSION);
+    assert(fsinfo.name_max == LFS2_NAME_MAX);
+    assert(fsinfo.file_max == LFS2_FILE_MAX);
+    assert(fsinfo.attr_max == LFS2_ATTR_MAX);
+
+    lfs2_unmount(&lfs2) => 0;
+'''
+
+[cases.test_superblocks_stat_tweaked]
+if = 'DISK_VERSION == 0'
+defines.TWEAKED_NAME_MAX = 63
+defines.TWEAKED_FILE_MAX = '(1 << 16)-1'
+defines.TWEAKED_ATTR_MAX = 512
+code = '''
+    // create filesystem with tweaked params
+    struct lfs2_config tweaked_cfg = *cfg;
+    tweaked_cfg.name_max = TWEAKED_NAME_MAX;
+    tweaked_cfg.file_max = TWEAKED_FILE_MAX;
+    tweaked_cfg.attr_max = TWEAKED_ATTR_MAX;
+
+    lfs2_t lfs2;
+    lfs2_format(&lfs2, &tweaked_cfg) => 0;
+
+    // test we can mount and read these params with the original config
+    lfs2_mount(&lfs2, cfg) => 0;
+
+    struct lfs2_fsinfo fsinfo;
+    lfs2_fs_stat(&lfs2, &fsinfo) => 0;
+    assert(fsinfo.disk_version == LFS2_DISK_VERSION);
+    assert(fsinfo.name_max == TWEAKED_NAME_MAX);
+    assert(fsinfo.file_max == TWEAKED_FILE_MAX);
+    assert(fsinfo.attr_max == TWEAKED_ATTR_MAX);
+
+    lfs2_unmount(&lfs2) => 0;
+'''
+
 # expanding superblock
 [cases.test_superblocks_expand]
 defines.BLOCK_CYCLES = [32, 33, 1]