Re: CONFIG_VFAT_FS_DUALNAMES regressions

[Jan Engelhardt]

On Friday 2009-07-03 03:11, tridge@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> 1) do what I did in the May patch, which is to force
>    VFAT_SFN_CREATE_WINNT when the patch code triggers.
>
> 2) force VFAT_SFN_CREATE_WINNT, but also if the name is mixed case
> within either prefix or extension (such as "Mixed.TXT") then force
> that part of the name to all lowercase. So "Mixed.TXT" would become
> "mixed.TXT" on disk.
>
>The 2nd choice maximises compatibility with devices that don't
>understand long filenames (such as Jan's camera). The first option
>keeps case preservation for devices that do understand long filenames.

The cam does not have a problem with long filenamesÂâ as said, it works 
on any to-date vanilla/distro Linux kernel, which, if I understood 
mount(8) right, always create a long filename due to me using a 
lowercase filename in conjunction with the default shortname=mixed.
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