Linux-kernel mailing list archive 1997-49,: Re: smbfs works!

# Re: smbfs works!

Bill Hawes (whawes@star.net)
Sun, 07 Dec 1997 09:46:00 -0500

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David Woodhouse wrote:

> We fixed this in ncpfs recently by putting in our own d_hash and d_compare
> routines to be case-insensitive, and modifying find_inode_number similarly.

Yes, that's the best way to fix it. Case preservation only goes so far;
after that you have to adapt to the case-insensitivity of the foreign
fs.

I'll add that to the next smbfs changes ...

Regards,
Bill

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