Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752234AbZF2BYX (ORCPT ); Sun, 28 Jun 2009 21:24:23 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751484AbZF2BYM (ORCPT ); Sun, 28 Jun 2009 21:24:12 -0400 Received: from mail.samba.org ([66.70.73.150]:57070 "EHLO lists.samba.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751349AbZF2BYL (ORCPT ); Sun, 28 Jun 2009 21:24:11 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <19016.6052.681949.872870@samba.org> Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 11:23:48 +1000 To: Jamie Lokier Cc: Jan Engelhardt , Linux Kernel Mailing List , OGAWA Hirofumi , john.lanza@linux.com, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, Dave Kleikamp , Steve French , Mingming Cao , Paul McKenney Subject: Re: [PATCH] Added CONFIG_VFAT_FS_DUALNAMES option In-Reply-To: <20090628215754.GA29896@shareable.org> References: <19013.8005.541836.436991@samba.org> <19014.56477.311713.975403@samba.org> <20090628215754.GA29896@shareable.org> X-Mailer: VM 8.0.12 under 22.2.1 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Reply-To: tridge@samba.org From: tridge@samba.org Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1381 Lines: 31 Hi Jamie, > 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. For research I think having to recompile the module is not a big burden. The compatibility argument is more debatable, and if the patch involved the loss of a large degree of functionality then I would probably agree. As it is, the patch loses very little functionality - it is hard to find real scenarios where not storing a 8.3 name along with the long name will actually cause any problems. I also don't think it is worth having a different kernel in different countries for this change, again because the loss of functionality is so small. The relevant patents exist in several countries (in various forms), and while the US might be the country of choice for enforcing patents it is not the only country where patents are a concern. I would rather see us err on the side of caution and ensure that Microsoft is not left with an opportunity to continue to spread FUD about Linux with regards to these patents. Cheers, Tridge -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/