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From: Jamie Lokier <jamie@shareable.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Added CONFIG_VFAT_FS_DUALNAMES option
Date: Tue, 7 Jul 2009 12:25:29 +0100
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Cc: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@HansenPartnership.com>,
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To: Boaz Harrosh <bharrosh@panasas.com>
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Boaz Harrosh wrote:
> I wish the lawyers people would come forward, as promised,,and explain what
> are the constraints on the short_name, given a long_name is present.
> I'm still waiting for that private mail in my e-box. If the names do not
> correspond at all but are both valid, why is that a problem?

To be fair Tridge said there is a reason.

The only problem is we don't know what it is...

-- Jamie