linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Added CONFIG_VFAT_FS

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Date:	Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:18:07 +0200
From:	Stefan Richter <stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de>
To:	Theodore Tso <tytso@....edu>, Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>,
	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>, tridge@...ba.org,
	OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@...l.parknet.co.jp>,
	john.lanza@...ux.com, 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

Theodore Tso wrote:
> I'll note that many of the modern-day
> products actually use Linux (i.e., the Sony eReader, the Kindle,
> etc.

Many MP3/Video players surely do not run an embedded Linux.

Besides, it doesn't matter what "many" devices run if the talk is about 
defaults, or even about ripping the working, proven code out of the 
mainline.  (Well, that suggestion was absurd.)

> The other big user I can think of are digital cameras, but (a)
> normally most users read from them and then delete the pictures,

I use my SD cards not only in the camera but also as generic mobile 
storage with laptops and media player.

There is no way for software to detect that a medium is going to be used 
with a 8.3-only device exclusively.
-- 
Stefan Richter
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