Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:40:42 -0700 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Added CONFIG_VFAT_FS_DUALNAMES option |
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tridge@samba.org 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
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