On 08/06/07, Adrian Bunk <[email protected]> wrote:
[snip]
It's not only about MODULE_AUTHOR, if you consider it rude to limit
people's names to ASCII, then don't forget that we have printk's like
Linux agpgart interface v0.102 (c) Dave Jones
What happens if the maintainer changes and it's now
Linux agpgart interface v0.103 (c) Dave Ønes
Does the console handle it correctly during boot?
Can all tools that process the syslog cope with it?
Perhaps the answer is in both cases "yes", but it's a completely
untested area.
We really must have all bugs shaken out and all users using fixed tools
_before_ we can start outputting UTF-8 - limiting people's names to
ASCII in not ideal, but IMHO causing breakages for users is a much
bigger problem.
I haven't looked at it in depth yet, but it would seem we already have
a few files that need to be looked at with this in mind. Looks like
it's not exactely a new problem (although all the following could be
in comments of course)...
$ find ./ -name "*.[ch]" | xargs file | grep -i utf
./arch/arm/mach-pxa/leds-trizeps4.c: UTF-8
Unicode C program text
./arch/arm/mach-pxa/trizeps4.c: UTF-8
Unicode C program text
./arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/file.c: UTF-8
Unicode C program text
./drivers/acpi/asus_acpi.c: UTF-8
Unicode C program text
./drivers/char/drm/r128_drv.h: UTF-8
Unicode C program text
./drivers/char/drm/radeon_irq.c: UTF-8
Unicode C program text
./drivers/char/drm/drm_drawable.c: UTF-8
Unicode C program text
./drivers/char/drm/drm_pci.c: UTF-8
Unicode C program text
./drivers/char/drm/drm_core.h: UTF-8
Unicode C program text
./drivers/char/hw_random/omap-rng.c: UTF-8
Unicode C program text
./drivers/char/esp.c: UTF-8
Unicode C program text
./drivers/char/watchdog/iTCO_vendor_support.c: UTF-8
Unicode C program text
./drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-iop3xx.c: UTF-8
Unicode C program text
./drivers/infiniband/core/multicast.c: UTF-8
Unicode C program text
./drivers/infiniband/core/sa.h: UTF-8
Unicode C program text
./drivers/infiniband/core/sa_query.c: UTF-8
Unicode C program text
./drivers/mtd/chips/cfi_cmdset_0001.c: UTF-8
Unicode C program text
./drivers/mtd/chips/cfi_probe.c: UTF-8
Unicode C program text
./drivers/mtd/devices/block2mtd.c: UTF-8
Unicode C program text
./drivers/mtd/devices/phram.c: UTF-8
Unicode English text
./drivers/mtd/maps/cfi_flagadm.c: UTF-8
Unicode C program text
./drivers/mtd/maps/dbox2-flash.c: UTF-8
Unicode C program text
./drivers/mtd/maps/mtx-1_flash.c: UTF-8
Unicode C program text
./drivers/mtd/nand/ts7250.c: UTF-8
Unicode C program text
./drivers/mtd/nand/cafe_nand.c: UTF-8
Unicode C program text
./drivers/mtd/nand/cmx270_nand.c: UTF-8
Unicode C program text
./drivers/mtd/nand/cs553x_nand.c: UTF-8
Unicode C program text
./drivers/mtd/nand/edb7312.c: UTF-8
Unicode C program text
./drivers/mtd/nand/h1910.c: UTF-8
Unicode C program text
./drivers/mtd/mtdsuper.c: UTF-8
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./drivers/mtd/ubi/build.c: UTF-8
Unicode C program text
./drivers/mtd/ubi/cdev.c: UTF-8
Unicode C program text
./drivers/mtd/ubi/debug.c: UTF-8
Unicode C program text
./drivers/mtd/ubi/debug.h: UTF-8
Unicode C program text
./drivers/mtd/ubi/gluebi.c: UTF-8
Unicode C program text
./drivers/mtd/ubi/io.c: UTF-8
Unicode C program text
./drivers/mtd/ubi/kapi.c: UTF-8
Unicode C program text
./drivers/mtd/ubi/misc.c: UTF-8
Unicode C program text
./drivers/mtd/ubi/scan.c: UTF-8
Unicode C program text
./drivers/mtd/ubi/scan.h: UTF-8
Unicode C program text
./drivers/mtd/ubi/ubi.h: UTF-8
Unicode C program text
./drivers/mtd/ubi/upd.c: UTF-8
Unicode C program text
./drivers/mtd/ubi/vmt.c: UTF-8
Unicode C program text
./drivers/mtd/ubi/vtbl.c: UTF-8
Unicode C program text
./drivers/mtd/ubi/wl.c: UTF-8
Unicode C program text
./drivers/mtd/ubi/eba.c: UTF-8
Unicode C program text
./drivers/net/irda/toim3232-sir.c: UTF-8
Unicode English text
./drivers/net/irda/kingsun-sir.c: UTF-8
Unicode Pascal program text
./drivers/net/atl1/atl1_hw.h: UTF-8
Unicode C program text
./drivers/scsi/atari_NCR5380.c:
UTF-8 Unicode C program text
./drivers/scsi/jazz_esp.c:
UTF-8 Unicode C program text
./drivers/usb/misc/iowarrior.c:
UTF-8 Unicode C program text
./drivers/usb/misc/auerswald.c:
UTF-8 Unicode C program text
./drivers/video/atafb_iplan2p2.c:
UTF-8 Unicode C program text
./drivers/video/atafb_iplan2p4.c:
UTF-8 Unicode C program text
./drivers/video/atafb_iplan2p8.c:
UTF-8 Unicode C program text
./fs/afs/afs_vl.h:
UTF-8 Unicode C program text
./fs/jffs2/acl.c:
UTF-8 Unicode C program text
./fs/jffs2/acl.h:
UTF-8 Unicode C program text
./fs/jffs2/background.c:
UTF-8 Unicode C program text
./fs/jffs2/build.c:
UTF-8 Unicode C program text
./fs/jffs2/compr.c:
UTF-8 Unicode C program text
./fs/jffs2/compr.h:
UTF-8 Unicode C program text
./fs/jffs2/compr_rtime.c:
UTF-8 Unicode C program text
./fs/jffs2/compr_rubin.c:
UTF-8 Unicode C program text
./fs/jffs2/compr_zlib.c:
UTF-8 Unicode C program text
./fs/jffs2/debug.c:
UTF-8 Unicode C program text
./fs/jffs2/debug.h:
UTF-8 Unicode C program text
./fs/jffs2/dir.c:
UTF-8 Unicode C program text
./fs/jffs2/erase.c:
UTF-8 Unicode C program text
./fs/jffs2/file.c:
UTF-8 Unicode C program text
./fs/jffs2/fs.c:
UTF-8 Unicode C program text
./fs/jffs2/gc.c:
UTF-8 Unicode C program text
./fs/jffs2/ioctl.c:
UTF-8 Unicode C program text
./fs/jffs2/jffs2_fs_i.h:
UTF-8 Unicode C program text
./fs/jffs2/malloc.c:
UTF-8 Unicode C program text
./fs/jffs2/nodelist.c:
UTF-8 Unicode C program text
./fs/jffs2/nodelist.h:
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./fs/jffs2/os-linux.h:
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./fs/jffs2/read.c:
UTF-8 Unicode C program text
./fs/jffs2/security.c:
UTF-8 Unicode C program text
./fs/jffs2/summary.c:
UTF-8 Unicode C program text
./fs/jffs2/summary.h:
UTF-8 Unicode C program text
./fs/jffs2/symlink.c:
UTF-8 Unicode C program text
./fs/jffs2/wbuf.c:
UTF-8 Unicode C program text
./fs/jffs2/write.c:
UTF-8 Unicode C program text
./fs/jffs2/xattr.h:
UTF-8 Unicode C program text
./fs/jffs2/xattr_trusted.c:
UTF-8 Unicode C program text
./fs/jffs2/xattr_user.c:
UTF-8 Unicode C program text
./fs/jffs2/readinode.c:
UTF-8 Unicode C program text
./fs/jffs2/super.c:
UTF-8 Unicode C program text
./fs/jffs2/jffs2_fs_sb.h:
UTF-8 Unicode C program text
./fs/jffs2/nodemgmt.c:
UTF-8 Unicode C program text
./fs/jffs2/scan.c:
UTF-8 Unicode C program text
./fs/jffs2/writev.c:
UTF-8 Unicode C program text
./fs/jffs2/xattr.c:
UTF-8 Unicode C program text
./fs/nls/nls_utf8.c:
ASCII C program text
./include/asm-arm/arch-aaec2000/aaec2000.h:
UTF-8 Unicode C program text
./include/asm-arm/arch-integrator/platform.h:
UTF-8 Unicode C program text
./include/asm-arm/arch-omap/board.h:
UTF-8 Unicode C program text
./include/asm-arm/arch-omap/dma.h:
UTF-8 Unicode C program text
./include/asm-arm/arch-omap/gpio.h:
UTF-8 Unicode C program text
./include/asm-arm/arch-pxa/trizeps4.h:
UTF-8 Unicode C program text
./include/asm-m68k/atariints.h: UTF-8
Unicode C program text
./include/asm-m68k/atarihw.h: UTF-8
Unicode C program text
./include/asm-ppc/hydra.h: UTF-8
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./include/linux/i2c-algo-bit.h: UTF-8
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./include/linux/i2c-algo-pcf.h: UTF-8
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./include/linux/i2c.h: UTF-8
Unicode C program text
./include/linux/irda.h: UTF-8
Unicode Pascal program text
./include/linux/meye.h: UTF-8
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./include/linux/mtd/super.h: UTF-8
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./include/linux/mtd/mtd.h: UTF-8
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./include/linux/mtd/ubi.h: UTF-8
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./include/linux/sonypi.h: UTF-8
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./include/mtd/ubi-header.h: UTF-8
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./include/mtd/ubi-user.h: UTF-8
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./include/net/irda/irda.h: UTF-8
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./include/net/irda/iriap.h: UTF-8
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./include/net/irda/iriap_event.h: UTF-8
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./include/net/irda/irias_object.h: UTF-8
Unicode Pascal program text
./include/net/irda/irlan_client.h: UTF-8
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./include/net/irda/irlan_common.h: UTF-8
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./include/net/irda/irlan_eth.h: UTF-8
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./include/net/irda/irlan_event.h: UTF-8
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./include/net/irda/irlan_filter.h: UTF-8
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./include/net/irda/irlan_provider.h: UTF-8
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./include/net/irda/irlap.h: UTF-8
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./include/net/irda/irlmp.h: UTF-8
Unicode Pascal program text
./include/net/irda/irlmp_event.h: UTF-8
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./include/net/irda/irlmp_frame.h: UTF-8
Unicode Pascal program text
./include/net/irda/irmod.h: UTF-8
Unicode Pascal program text
./include/net/irda/irqueue.h: UTF-8
Unicode English text
./include/net/irda/irttp.h: UTF-8
Unicode Pascal program text
./include/net/irda/parameters.h: UTF-8
Unicode Pascal program text
./include/net/irda/timer.h: UTF-8
Unicode Pascal program text
./include/net/irda/wrapper.h: UTF-8
Unicode Pascal program text
./include/net/irda/af_irda.h: UTF-8
Unicode Pascal program text
./kernel/sys.c: UTF-8 Unicode
C program text
./sound/drivers/mts64.c: UTF-8 Unicode
C program text
./sound/oss/es1371.c: UTF-8 Unicode
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./sound/oss/pas2_pcm.c: UTF-8 Unicode
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./sound/oss/trident.c: UTF-8 Unicode
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./sound/pci/ice1712/prodigy192.c: UTF-8 Unicode
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./sound/pci/mixart/mixart.c: UTF-8 Unicode
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