Re: [PATCH] fs: fat: enable VFAT long file names by default

[Sascha Hauer <sha@pengutronix.de>]

On Wed, Sep 13, 2023 at 12:35:52PM +0200, Ahmad Fatoum wrote:
> Apparently, this option defaulted to 'n' since the very beginning, so
> users newly enabling FAT may unwittingly run into a cryptic:
> 
>   barebox@board:/ cp something /mnt/mmc0.0/freertos-main.elf
>   could not open /mnt/mmc0.0/freertos-main.elf: Invalid argument
> 
> As FAT file systems nowadays are VFAT by default and allow up to 255
> characters in file names, there's no reason to restrict barebox to
> classic 8.3 file names by default.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum@pengutronix.de>
> ---
>  fs/fat/Kconfig | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

Applied, thanks

Sascha

> 
> diff --git a/fs/fat/Kconfig b/fs/fat/Kconfig
> index 8cd3b604baeb..53f784ee54d5 100644
> --- a/fs/fat/Kconfig
> +++ b/fs/fat/Kconfig
> @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ config FS_FAT_WRITE
>  
>  
>  config FS_FAT_LFN
> -	bool
> +	def_bool y
>  	prompt "Support long filenames"
>  	help
>  	  Enable support for file names other than 8.3.
> -- 
> 2.39.2
> 
> 
> 

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