Re: [PATCH] Added CONFIG_VFAT_FS_DUALNAMES option

[Rusty Russell]

On Fri, 3 Jul 2009 07:16:46 am Pavel Machek wrote:
> On Wed 2009-07-01 20:19:51, Rusty Russell wrote:
> > On Tue, 30 Jun 2009 04:01:03 pm Pavel Machek wrote:
> > > > +config VFAT_FS_DUALNAMES
> > > > +	bool "VFAT dual names support"
> > > > +	depends on VFAT_FS
> > >
> > > Defaults should be back-compatible.
> >
> > Hi Pavel,
> >
> > I disagree with this: given there's been testing with no known issues,
> > it's not a back compat question.
>
> The testing uncovered some pretty serious issues. ('Causes XP to
> bluescreen').

No, read more carefully: testing revealed "couldn't cause XP to bluescreen".  
It took a deliberately hobbled version of the patch to tickle the XP bug, 
under a day of stress testing.

Cheers,
Rusty.
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