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msdos kext and short file name issue

Hi,

I have noticed an inconsistency in the msdos driver, at least from
the usage perspective. Create a number of files and folders
on a removable medium, such as a USB Flashdisk on a Windows PC.
Make some of them longer than 8 characters and some 8 characters
and shorter, ensuring mixed case. Unmount the device and the
mount it again. You should notice that Windows recognises the file
names as they were typed.

Now take that device and mount it with a Darwin build compatible
with Darwin 6.2. The file names shorter or equal to 8 characters are
shown in 'all caps', where the other file names retain their case
formatting. This would seem to indicate that the values in the
'Win95 table' get ignored if the entry is 8 characters or less.

Can someone confirm this? I am currently trying to understand the
source code of the kext, so it will take a bit of time before I
understand why short file names aren't rendered using the Win95
table.

Andre
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