From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S266677AbUBMC3g (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 Feb 2004 21:29:36 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S266685AbUBMC3g (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 Feb 2004 21:29:36 -0500 Received: from parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk ([195.92.249.252]:16784 "EHLO www.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S266677AbUBMC3f (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 Feb 2004 21:29:35 -0500 Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2004 02:29:34 +0000 From: viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk To: Robin Rosenberg Cc: Jamie Lokier , Linux kernel Subject: Re: JFS default behavior (was: UTF-8 in file systems? xfs/extfs/etc.) Message-ID: <20040213022934.GA8858@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> References: <20040209115852.GB877@schottelius.org> <200402121655.39709.robin.rosenberg.lists@dewire.com> <20040213003839.GB24981@mail.shareable.org> <200402130216.53434.robin.rosenberg.lists@dewire.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200402130216.53434.robin.rosenberg.lists@dewire.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Feb 13, 2004 at 02:16:53AM +0100, Robin Rosenberg wrote: > Yes, so ext3&co. should be equipped with charset options just the other so > it can be fixed by the user or in some cases the mount tools. > > Is there a place to store character set information in these file systems? Bullshit. Just as there is no timezone common for all users, there is no charset common for all of them. Charset of _machine_ doesn't make any sense at all - toy operating systems nonwithstanding.