diff --git a/TODO.md b/TODO.md
index cdadb83..880a72a 100644
--- a/TODO.md
+++ b/TODO.md
@@ -381,12 +381,10 @@ Current status:
   Fork, narrow Set File Information metadata writes, NetWare-backed Archive
   attribute mapping, Modify timestamp writes through `nw_utime_node()`, and
   a conservative Get DOS Name From Entry ID reverse lookup.
-- The latest smoke-suite run for the new Get DOS Name From Entry ID helper
-  exposed a casing mismatch rather than a transport failure: the server returned
-  `public/pmdflts.ini` while the helper expected `PUBLIC/pmdflts.ini`.  Follow-up
-  work should decide whether the helper should compare case-insensitively,
-  whether AFP 0x12 should return canonical NetWare spelling, or whether the
-  path resolver should expose an existing mars_nwe canonical DOS-name helper.
+- The Get DOS Name From Entry ID helper now returns the canonical DOS namespace
+  spelling from the existing mars_nwe `namedos.c` alias builder.  The follow-up
+  smoke run confirms `PUBLIC/PMDFLTS.INI` for `SYS:PUBLIC/pmdflts.ini`, replacing
+  the earlier raw Unix/realcase `public/pmdflts.ini` result.
 
 Design rule:
 
diff --git a/tests/linux/README.md b/tests/linux/README.md
index c831f31..f377879 100644
--- a/tests/linux/README.md
+++ b/tests/linux/README.md
@@ -693,7 +693,8 @@ entry ID.  The reply is a one-byte DOS path length followed by the DOS path
 string for the matching entry.  The smoke helper first resolves the supplied
 `VOL:PATH` through AFP Get Entry ID From Path Name when `--entry-id` is not
 provided, then calls AFP Get DOS Name From Entry ID and verifies that the
-returned path matches the original path without the volume prefix.
+returned path matches the existing mars_nwe DOS namespace spelling without the
+volume prefix.
 
 Example:
 
@@ -704,9 +705,21 @@ Example:
 Expected output shape:
 
 ```text
-AFP Get DOS Name From Entry ID volume=0 entry_id=0x399193ed path=PUBLIC/pmdflts.ini verified
+AFP Get DOS Name From Entry ID volume=0 entry_id=0x440cb9b2 path=PUBLIC/PMDFLTS.INI verified
 ```
 
+
+
+A successful post-fix smoke-suite run confirmed the `namedos.c` alias path:
+
+```text
+AFP Get DOS Name From Entry ID volume=0 entry_id=0x440cb9b2 path=PUBLIC/PMDFLTS.INI verified
+AFP Get DOS Name From Entry ID: vol=0 entry=0x440cb9b2 path='PUBLIC/PMDFLTS.INI'
+```
+
+This intentionally returns DOS namespace spelling rather than the raw Unix
+realcase path (`public/pmdflts.ini`).
+
 The server implementation deliberately reuses the existing mars_nwe volume table
 and the `nwatalk_get_entry_id()` metadata probe.  It does not create fallback
 entry IDs while walking the volume; the target entry must already have a cached