Re: Eureka! (was Re: UTF-8 and case-insensitivity)

H. Peter Anvin
2004-02-19T19:50:38Z

Linus Torvalds wrote:
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> On Thu, 19 Feb 2004, Linus Torvalds wrote:
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>>Basic approach: add two bits to the VFS dentry flags. That's all that is
>>needed. Then you have two new system calls:
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> ^^^
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>> - set_bit_one(dirfd)
>> - set_bit_two_if_one_is_set(dirfd);
>> - check_or_create_name(dirfd, name, case_table_pointer, newfd);
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> [ deletia ]
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>>Am I a super-intelligent bastard, or am I a complete nincompoop? You
>>decide.
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> I think my lack of counting ability basically answers that question.
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> Damn.
>

How about a compomise - super-intelligent complete nincompoop bastard?

[:^)

-hpa