linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Added CONFIG_VFAT_FS

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Message-ID: <alpine.LSU.2.00.0906290000360.9212@fbirervta.pbzchgretzou.qr>
Date:	Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:02:05 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...ozas.de>
To:	Jamie Lokier <jamie@...reable.org>
cc:	tridge@...ba.org,
	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


On Sunday 2009-06-28 23:57, Jamie Lokier wrote:
>For those of us who don't want to omit the code, because we like
>compatibility and we're not in affected countries, or for research, it
>would be useful to have it as a mount option.
>
>So there should be these compile-time options:
>    2. CONFIG_VFAT_FS_DUALNAMES enabled: Create shortnames, unless
>       mount option "dualnames=no" is given, in which case that mount
>       behaves as if CONFIG_VFAT_FS_DUALNAMES is disabled.

If you are not in an affected country, why would you even want
to disable dualnames? [ on a per-mount basis...]

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