[linux-cifs-client][patch] mount.cifs doc changes regarding
mapchars option
Shirish Pargaonkar
shirishpargaonkar at gmail.com
Mon Apr 13 03:47:40 GMT 2009
On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 7:29 AM, Jeff Layton <jlayton at redhat.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 2 Apr 2009 14:11:16 -0500
> Shirish Pargaonkar <shirishpargaonkar at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> + Unicode on the wire. Please note that files created
>> + with mapchars as a mount option may not be accessible
>> + from other clients or when during the mount without
>> + mapchars as a mount option. Also, if your server
>> + supports POSIX path names/characters, do not use this
>> + option.</para></listitem>
>
> Maybe this should be a programmatic change (if it's not already)...
>
> If it's "bad" to mix mapchars and posix extensions, then maybe mapchars
> should be ignored when posix extensions are enabled?
>
>
> --
> Jeff Layton <jlayton at redhat.com>
>
I think it would be right thing to do to disable mapchars option when posix
extensions are enabled. Let me work on the change.
But I think the content/comment change should be done (along with
the code change on which I am working).
Regards,
Shirish
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