> > Known problems with doing this as it is now done in 2.2?
>
> None
I looked at the "default NLS" option in 2.2.16pre and have some doubts in
this point:
1. Wouldn't it be better to have choice list here ?
It might make Config.in to be more complex (as you need to set a string
value), but it is able to be done and, IMHO, is more convenient fon an
"end user".
At present, it is impossible to get any help on "string" options
in make config/oldconfig ("?" is treated as a value; should it be
considered to be a bug or a feature ? )
I have a patch which can be applied to make it a "choice" list:
ftp://rudy.mif.pg.gda.pl/pub/People/ankry/linux-patches/2.2/diff.2.2.16-1.nls
but it needs also (minimum the last section of):
ftp://rudy.mif.pg.gda.pl/pub/People/ankry/linux-patches/2.2/diff.2.2.16-1.config
2. The default value. Shouldn't it be better to set it to "iso8859-1" ?
vfat uses the "default" value as nls_io, not nls_disk; I do not
think that porting Linux applications to use codepages is the best
way. Maybe there should be two (nls_codapage_default, nls_io_default;
or more - one/two per filesystem) defaults ?
3. As I checked vfat in 2.2 does support name conversion only partially:
you can properly read file names created by DOS/Win and copy them to
ext2. But creating new files and renaming existing ones using new
names containing high code characters does NOT work properly.
(in the best case you get long and short name with absolutely
DIFFERENT encoding).
NLS support seems to work fine in 2.3 vfat.
Is there any chance for porting 2.3 NLS support in vfat to 2.2 ?
4. MSDOS filesystem. It does not support NLS. However, it accepts
"codepage=" and "iocharset=" mount options, and then ignores them
(both: in 2.2 and 2.3).
Is it intentional ?
Is it unfinished ?
Is it better to remove the "codepage/iocharset" mount option support ?
This behaviour is annoying.
Regards
Andrzej
PS. I didn't test iso9660 and ncpfs.
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