Re: [PATCH] update checkpatch.pl to version 0.03

Alan Cox
2007-06-08T15:39:39Z

> >>> Does the console handle it correctly during boot?

Yes

> >>> Can all tools that process the syslog cope with it?

Thats a stupid question. The tools people normally use can just fine.

> >If you find any source file that contains UTF-8 outside of comments
> >please complain loudly.
>
> I present loudly and proudly (I *don't* complain):

Point made - Adrian, if the tool complains about UTF-8 in author texts
then its buggy and should not be merged. The fact you have a personal
issue with it is neither here nor there

> So, we had some ISO8859-1 and some UTF-8 in there already. (And as for
> MODULE_AUTHOR, it should stay there - 'fix' modinfo instead.)

Using UTF-8 not 8859-1 for consistency is sensible, especially as 8859-1
is obsolete and effectively useless now (although I guess much of the
'8859-1' in the kernel is 1:1 with 8859-15, which isn't so obsolete but
is just as useless)