Re: [gentoo-user] 2.6.32 and FAT file names

[Xavier Parizet <xav@gentooist.com>]

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Le 08/01/2010 17:09, felix@crowfix.com a écrit :
> Oh dear.  As I read all the stuff about 2.6.32 changing long filename
> handling for VFAT filesystems to avoid Microsoft patent problems, I
> didn't think it mattered much to me, since I only use FAT when getting
> pictures from a camera or USB stick.  Now I find that filenames are
> all upper case where they weren't before.
> 
> I see a bunch of mount options to use lower case filenames, but what I
> would really like to do is restore the old behavior, whatever it was,
> with a 2.6.32 kernel.  Is there such an option, either building a
> kernel or mounting a filesystem?

For me, plugin-in a FAT formatted usb-key on my system implied mounting it using
hal, which implies mount options
(rw,nosuid,nodev,noatime,uhelper=hal,shortname=lower,flush,uid=1000) using vfat.

HTH.

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