Re: [PATCH] Added CONFIG_VFAT_FS_DUALNAMES option

On Sat, 27 Jun 2009 05:19:33 +1000, tridge@... wrote:
>
>When VFAT_FS_DUALNAMES is disabled we avoid the creation of 8.3
>short filenames for files on VFAT filesystems that require a long
>name. The patch uses a pattern of 11 bytes in the directory entry
>which contains invalid characters such that it cannot be considered
>to be a valid short filename.

Can't we make this a runtime option?
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