how to support long file name in vfat format under linux

2009-10-13 Thread loody
Dear all: there is a long file name under my usb flash, but I only can see 8.3 format under my linux. Does that mean I lost any file system config? if so, which one I should include? my kernel version is 2.6.18. appreciate your help, miloody -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with

Re: how to support long file name in vfat format under linux

2009-10-13 Thread loody
hi: 2009/10/13 loody milo...@gmail.com: Dear all: there is a long file name under my usb flash, but I only can see 8.3 format under my linux. Does that mean I lost any file system config? if so, which one I should include? my kernel version is 2.6.18. appreciate your help, miloody should

Re: how to support long file name in vfat format under linux

2009-10-13 Thread Srdjan Todorovic
Hi, On 13/10/2009, loody milo...@gmail.com wrote: 2009/10/13 loody milo...@gmail.com: there is a long file name under my usb flash, but I only can see 8.3 should I add more mount option? I only use: mount /dev/sda1 /media/usb Type 'mount' and you will probably see it as fat or fat16. You

Re: how to support long file name in vfat format under linux

2009-10-13 Thread loody
dear all: 2009/10/13 loody milo...@gmail.com: hi: 2009/10/13 loody milo...@gmail.com: Dear all: there is a long file name under my usb flash, but I only can see 8.3 format under my linux. Does that mean I lost any file system config? if so, which one I should include? my kernel version

Re: Mobile OS

2009-10-13 Thread Peter Teoh
yes, i am confused too.look at this: http://source.android.com/posts/opensource which clearly says that is open-source. and it is a full-stack, the bottom layer being the linux kernel (which is described in detailed diagram here:

Re: how to support long file name in vfat format under linux

2009-10-13 Thread Rahul Tank
Hi, On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 6:36 PM, loody milo...@gmail.com wrote: dear all: 2009/10/13 loody milo...@gmail.com: hi: 2009/10/13 loody milo...@gmail.com: Dear all: there is a long file name under my usb flash, but I only can see 8.3 format under my linux. Does that mean I lost

Re: how to support long file name in vfat format under linux

2009-10-13 Thread arshad hussain
I have another question right now. I write a autorun.sh to detect the hotplug event and mount the disk. But if I got a usb HD that have vfat, NTFS and ext3 formats at different partitions, how could I write one mount command for all cases? I cannot mount every /dev/sda[1-9] as -t vfat,

Re: how to support long file name in vfat format under linux

2009-10-13 Thread loody
Hi: 2009/10/13 Rahul Tank gr8ra...@gmail.com: Hi, On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 6:36 PM, loody milo...@gmail.com wrote: dear all: 2009/10/13 loody milo...@gmail.com: hi: 2009/10/13 loody milo...@gmail.com: Dear all: there is a long file name under my usb flash, but I only can see 8.3

Re: Hardware question

2009-10-13 Thread andi
Peter Teoh wrote: 2009/10/11 andi andi.platsc...@gmail.com: Ozan Türkyılmaz wrote: hey all, it's not really kernel reletad but, kernel peaple should be trasted with hardware questions. my question is this: today a lot of CPUs (x36 based ones) come with visualization extensions and a

the sendfile function call of file_operations

2009-10-13 Thread loody
Dear all: I saw there is a callback function in file_operations, sendfile, and it seems user mode can pass file handle to kernel by this function. is there any document or example can tell me how to use this function? thanks for your kind help, miloody -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an

Re: Hardware question

2009-10-13 Thread Peter Teoh
2009/10/11 andi andi.platsc...@gmail.com: Ozan Türkyılmaz wrote: hey all, it's not really kernel reletad but, kernel peaple should be trasted with hardware questions. my question is this: today a lot of CPUs (x36 based ones) come with visualization extensions and  a lot of  visualization

Re: how to support long file name in vfat format under linux

2009-10-13 Thread abhijeet tripathi
Hello, --- On Tue, 13/10/09, Rahul Tank gr8ra...@gmail.com wrote: From: Rahul Tank gr8ra...@gmail.com Subject: Re: how to support long file name in vfat format under linux To: loody milo...@gmail.com Cc: Kernel Newbies kernelnewbies@nl.linux.org Date: Tuesday, 13 October, 2009, 7:18 PM

Re: the sendfile function call of file_operations

2009-10-13 Thread Raz
http://linuxgazette.net/issue91/tranter.html On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 5:48 PM, loody milo...@gmail.com wrote: Dear all: I saw there is a callback function in file_operations, sendfile, and it seems user mode can pass file handle to kernel by this function. is there any document or example can

Re: Mobile OS

2009-10-13 Thread Michael Blizek
Hi! On 10:06 Tue 13 Oct , Peter Teoh wrote: yes, i am confused too.look at this: http://source.android.com/posts/opensource which clearly says that is open-source. and it is a full-stack, the bottom layer being the linux kernel (which is described in detailed diagram here:

Re: sse2 in kernel code

2009-10-13 Thread Peter Teoh
On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 5:10 PM, Jason Nymble jason.nym...@gmail.com wrote: Can one safely use SSE2 instructions in kernel module code? Or are those 128bit registers not preserved across kernel/userspace context switch? should be no problem...the kernel used fxsave (assembly instruction) to

RE: how to support long file name in vfat format under linux

2009-10-13 Thread Rajat Jain
Hi, The problem comes from my trying to write a autoscrpit to mound usb device under my embedded system. I guess hotplug agents are what you are looking for. I had used them long back and I think they are still available. The basic concept is that every time anew device is added in the

Re: Mobile OS

2009-10-13 Thread Greg KH
On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 08:09:50PM +0200, Michael Blizek wrote: Legally, you can call it open source. But what I am saying is that it is not open source in the way people expect it: Um, there is no difference, sorry. - Devices are crippled locked down so. That is a manufacturer decision, not

Re: Mobile OS

2009-10-13 Thread Peter Teoh
by a stroke of luck i was reading this new article: http://lwn.net/Articles/355523/ (subscriber-only, non-subscriber wait till next week) Inside it was talking about how Google have to shutdown Cyanogen for redistributing proprietary modification of the Android distribution.