[ECOS] fatfs & lowercase directory names

[Paul D. DeRocco]

> From: Will Wagner
> 
> Does someone know why the fatfs code converts all directory names to 
> uppercase (ie in set_raw_dentry_filename())?
> 
> I have looked at a number of other fatfs implementations and 
> they don't 
> enforce only uppcase names so I don't believe it is a requirement for 
> fat filesystem.

8.3 names must be uppercase. That's the way MS-DOS worked, that's how
Windows still works (for the 8.3 aliases), and that's the way anything that
reads a FAT volume will assume it works. Lower case letters are only
recorded in the long file names, under VFAT, which I don't believe eCos
supports yet.

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Ciao,               Paul D. DeRocco
Paul                mailto:pderocco@ix.netcom.com 


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