automount is not recognizing option longname

[Mel]

On Monday 07 July 2008 17:38:55 Stevan Tiefert wrote:
> Hello list,
>
> I have setup amd and it works fine. Only one special situation is making me
> crazy. When I want to use a USB-Stick without data on it, amd is mounting
> it with the 8.3-limitation. I've added the option longname in my map-file
> but it still ignores this option... Does somebody knows about this
> behavior?
>
> My amd.map:
>
> usb     type:=pcfs;opts:=utimout=1,longname;dev:=/dev/da0s1
>

I'm taking a guess here, but if it has 'no data', could it be that it's 
formatted FAT, as in FAT-8, not 16 or 32, cause then longname support is 
rejected by the filesystem itself.

-- 
Mel

Problem with today's modular software: they start with the modules
    and never get to the software part.