> The thing that makes me think that having the VFS layer handle
> case-insenstitivity (but nothing else) is a good idea is that it can
> potentially be useful even for things like ext2fs. Imagine having not to
> worry about case in DOSEMU or Wine, but instead doing
>
> int fd = open("/dosc/windows/windows.ini", O_NOCASE | O_RDONLY);
>
> and it would work even if it was a ext2 filesystem?
hm, another thing we didnt think of so far: all these
'cross-lookup-system' tools have to convert '\' to '/'
anyway. So we could well say 'hey if you convert, do
it right!'.
_Or_ we have to handle '\' too ... *ducking down*
-- mingo