linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Added CONFIG_VFAT_FS

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Message-ID: <19014.56477.311713.975403@samba.org>
Date:	Sun, 28 Jun 2009 12:59:41 +1000
From:	tridge@...ba.org
To:	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...ozas.de>
Cc:	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@...l.parknet.co.jp>,
	john.lanza@...ux.com, 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

Hi Jan,

 > Can't we make this a runtime option?

John may be able to give you a more detailed answer, but the short
answer is that it is much safer legally to not have the code in the
binary kernel image at all.

Cheers, Tridge
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