From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755504AbZEBMsj (ORCPT ); Sat, 2 May 2009 08:48:39 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752631AbZEBMs3 (ORCPT ); Sat, 2 May 2009 08:48:29 -0400 Received: from mail.parknet.ad.jp ([210.171.162.6]:47654 "EHLO mail.officemail.jp" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752608AbZEBMs2 (ORCPT ); Sat, 2 May 2009 08:48:28 -0400 From: OGAWA Hirofumi To: tridge@samba.org Cc: Dave Kleikamp , Steve French , Mingming Cao , Paul McKenney , LKML , linux-fsdevel Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add CONFIG_VFAT_NO_CREATE_WITH_LONGNAMES option References: <1241199689.13073.6.camel@norville.austin.ibm.com> <87fxfnbytu.fsf@devron.myhome.or.jp> <87ws8zak1m.fsf@devron.myhome.or.jp> <87bpqbaji9.fsf@devron.myhome.or.jp> <18940.9039.850580.48730@samba.org> <87ab5v9381.fsf@devron.myhome.or.jp> <18940.10942.989329.993465@samba.org> <87ocub7ngh.fsf@devron.myhome.or.jp> <18940.12667.429391.927727@samba.org> <8763gj7m23.fsf@devron.myhome.or.jp> <18940.14675.395802.635154@samba.org> Date: Sat, 02 May 2009 21:48:24 +0900 In-Reply-To: <18940.14675.395802.635154@samba.org> (tridge@samba.org's message of "Sat, 2 May 2009 22:15:15 +1000") Message-ID: <87my9v657r.fsf@devron.myhome.or.jp> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.92 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Anti-Virus: Kaspersky Anti-Virus for MailServers 5.5.10/RELEASE, bases: 24052007 #308098, status: clean Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org tridge@samba.org writes: > > Ah. What is the intent to force WINNT option (lcase field)? To force it > > may not be good. So, change default if config is on? > > The idea behind forcing it is that it maintains maximum > functionality without the user having to use special mount > options. For example, if a Linux user creates a file "README.txt" then > the name will be preserved exactly, whereas without that hackery it > becomes README.TXT on disk. > > It does mean we are mixing up two things with that config option > though, which is why I asked you about it. Would you prefer to just > let the distros worry about the default mount options when someone > plugs in a VFAT device on a system with > CONFIG_VFAT_NO_CREATE_WITH_LONGNAMES set? I see. > Or maybe we should change the defaults in parse_options() when this > option is set? Current default (shortname=lower) is just for historically reason. Personally, I'm thinking it's not good as default ("winnt" or "mixed" is prefer). Anyway, I'm not sure though, I guess to change the default is good than force it at least, because it would be the user policy. Thanks. -- OGAWA Hirofumi