Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756983AbZGCBun (ORCPT ); Thu, 2 Jul 2009 21:50:43 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753466AbZGCBuc (ORCPT ); Thu, 2 Jul 2009 21:50:32 -0400 Received: from sovereign.computergmbh.de ([85.214.69.204]:40696 "EHLO sovereign.computergmbh.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756613AbZGCBu1 (ORCPT ); Thu, 2 Jul 2009 21:50:27 -0400 Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2009 03:50:29 +0200 (CEST) From: Jan Engelhardt To: tridge@samba.org cc: OGAWA Hirofumi , Theodore Tso , Alan Cox , Rusty Russell , Pavel Machek , john.lanza@linux.com, Linux Kernel Mailing List , linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, Dave Kleikamp , corbet@lwn.net, jcm@jonmasters.org Subject: Re: CONFIG_VFAT_FS_DUALNAMES regressions In-Reply-To: <19021.23231.213863.726785@samba.org> Message-ID: References: <19013.8005.541836.436991@samba.org> <20090630063102.GB1351@ucw.cz> <200907012019.53932.rusty@rustcorp.com.au> <20090701122558.3a7c80d3@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> <20090701140503.GA21185@mit.edu> <19021.19842.663727.146474@samba.org> <87hbxu60qm.fsf@devron.myhome.or.jp> <19021.23231.213863.726785@samba.org> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (LSU 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1129 Lines: 24 On Friday 2009-07-03 03:11, tridge@samba.org wrote: > > 1) do what I did in the May patch, which is to force > VFAT_SFN_CREATE_WINNT when the patch code triggers. > > 2) force VFAT_SFN_CREATE_WINNT, but also if the name is mixed case > within either prefix or extension (such as "Mixed.TXT") then force > that part of the name to all lowercase. So "Mixed.TXT" would become > "mixed.TXT" on disk. > >The 2nd choice maximises compatibility with devices that don't >understand long filenames (such as Jan's camera). The first option >keeps case preservation for devices that do understand long filenames. The cam does not have a problem with long filenames — as said, it works on any to-date vanilla/distro Linux kernel, which, if I understood mount(8) right, always create a long filename due to me using a lowercase filename in conjunction with the default shortname=mixed. -- 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/