linux-kernel - Re: CONFIG_VFAT_FS

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Message-ID: <4bbed3f70907210808m2c90ee4frd3470c1a1310758b@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Tue, 21 Jul 2009 11:08:49 -0400
From:	John Lanza <jdlanza@...il.com>
To:	tridge@...ba.org
Cc:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>, Boaz Harrosh <bharrosh@...asas.com>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senpartnership.com>,
	Martin Steigerwald <Martin@...htvoll.de>,
	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...ozas.de>,
	Theodore Tso <tytso@....edu>,
	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>,
	OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@...l.parknet.co.jp>,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	Dave Kleikamp <shaggy@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>, corbet@....net,
	jcm@...masters.org, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: CONFIG_VFAT_FS_DUALNAMES regressions

All:

I think the email I just sent applies here, as well.  And I echo
Tridge's sentiments about giving me a shout if you have some idea for
qorkarounds.  I'm here to be a sounding board for you.

johnl

On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 9:24 AM, <tridge@...ba.org> wrote:
> Hi Pavel,
>
>  > Actually, why not having dosfsck creating _matching_ short names for
>  > long names? As it only writes short names, it should be safe :-).
>
> As I mentioned to Boaz, what usually matters for claim construction in
> patents is the overall system. I'm sure John Lanza would be happy to
> run through it with you if you want a more legally detailed answer,
> but basically breaking it up within the one system isn't likely to
> help us.
>
> Like I mentioned to Boaz though, do keep thinking about it. There may
> well be a better solution that nobody has suggested yet. You might
> also like to read the file wrapper (availble on the USPTO site) which
> shows the discussions between the patent office and the
> applicant. That is often a good source of inspiration for patent
> workarounds. If you think you've found something then it might be a
> good idea to raise it with John Lanza first.
>
> Cheers, Tridge
>
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