Re: CONFIG_VFAT_FS_DUALNAMES regressions

[Jan Engelhardt]

On Thursday 2009-07-09 04:23, tridge@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> > It is much more with devices that are commonly operated with long
> > names - multimedia players come to mind - and these "always"
> > want a valid 8.3.
>
>Would you mind running an experiment for me with your IOneIt MP3
>player?
>
>Change vfat_build_dummy_83_buffer() to just do this:
>
>  memset(msdos_name, ' ', 11);
>
>and nothing else. Then delete and re-create the files that you had
>problems with and see if your MP3 player is then happy to play
>them. That helps a lot with Win98, and I wonder if it also helps with
>your IOneIt player.

Nope. It must not be blank.

>As I mentioned previously, since your report I'm trying to test on a
>bunch of different MP3/media players. So far the tests I've done have
>worked fine with the dualnames patch, but I'm still waiting on
>delivery of more cheap MP3 players from eBay.

If I read a review right, the device has also been
distributed under the rebranded name Grundig MPAXX MP 650.
(Other MPxyz numbers are rebrands of other devices.)
The availability of MP650 is similarly low.
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