linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Added CONFIG_VFAT_FS

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Message-ID: <alpine.LSU.2.00.0906271918280.5582@fbirervta.pbzchgretzou.qr>
Date:	Sat, 27 Jun 2009 19:21:07 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...ozas.de>
To:	tridge@...ba.org
cc:	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@...l.parknet.co.jp>,
	john.lanza@...ux.com,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	Dave Kleikamp <shaggy@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Steve French <sfrench@...ibm.com>,
	Mingming Cao <cmm@...ibm.com>,
	Paul McKenney <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Added CONFIG_VFAT_FS_DUALNAMES option


On Sat, 27 Jun 2009 05:19:33 +1000, tridge@...ba.org wrote:
>
>When VFAT_FS_DUALNAMES is disabled we avoid the creation of 8.3
>short filenames for files on VFAT filesystems that require a long
>name. The patch uses a pattern of 11 bytes in the directory entry
>which contains invalid characters such that it cannot be considered
>to be a valid short filename.

Can't we make this a runtime option?
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