tridge@xxxxxxxxx wrote: > This is a new patch for VFAT long filename support, replacing the one > that I posted last month. It retains a lot more functionality then the > previous patch. > > A FAQ will be posted immediately after this patch to answer the > questions that were raised from the previous discussion. > >From a purely technical perspective, there is a major advantage to this patch: it creates a "pure VFAT" filesystem, without a spurious filename alias which still occupies namespace, hiddenly, and therefore could cause an ill-defined amount of problems. UMSDOS at least had the decency to not expose its shortnames to a longname-aware OS. However, as such it really should be paired with a "don't even recognize the shortname if a longname exists" option. It's also questionable IMO if this shouldn't be another FAT superdriver, just as we have VFAT, MS-DOS etc. we could have "purevfat". -hpa -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
