Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756349AbZGIU5X (ORCPT ); Thu, 9 Jul 2009 16:57:23 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1755346AbZGIU5O (ORCPT ); Thu, 9 Jul 2009 16:57:14 -0400 Received: from hawking.rebel.net.au ([203.20.69.83]:41073 "EHLO hawking.rebel.net.au" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755331AbZGIU5N (ORCPT ); Thu, 9 Jul 2009 16:57:13 -0400 Message-ID: <4A5659A0.2030202@davidnewall.com> Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2009 06:27:04 +0930 From: David Newall User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.22 (X11/20090608) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Christoph Hellwig CC: Theodore Tso , Alan Cox , James Bottomley , tridge@samba.org, Martin Steigerwald , Jan Engelhardt , 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 References: <20090708110451.1092afa7@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> <19028.31088.400461.939917@samba.org> <20090708130256.40957c3f@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> <19028.39145.180869.603673@samba.org> <20090708142510.5068b4c3@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> <19029.17896.769106.375379@samba.org> <20090709104228.7821e2f0@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> <1247147981.3898.15.camel@mulgrave.site> <20090709151009.07b2508b@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> <20090709152541.GA6334@mit.edu> <20090709171501.GA2991@infradead.org> In-Reply-To: <20090709171501.GA2991@infradead.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1033 Lines: 23 Christoph Hellwig wrote: > If someone really wants a patch to corrupt their filesystems they know > where to find it. > No need for pettiness. Andrew's already intimated that he's still working the patch, and he's a very clever lad and knows if it corrupts it needs more work. What I don't understand is how anybody could be satisfied with the status quo. We cannot leave vfat unchanged, for that will perpetuate a pool of victims to be sued, and Linux loses credibility every time that happens. Something *must* change. What is especially attractive about Andrew's position (he said this more eloquently than me) is that developing a solution to avoid the patent will impact Microsoft revenues; and that will be most instructive to them. That's almost sufficient reason by itself! -- 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/