From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S266879AbUBMKD2 (ORCPT ); Fri, 13 Feb 2004 05:03:28 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S266878AbUBMKD2 (ORCPT ); Fri, 13 Feb 2004 05:03:28 -0500 Received: from [212.28.208.94] ([212.28.208.94]:51462 "HELO dewire.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S266879AbUBMKDM (ORCPT ); Fri, 13 Feb 2004 05:03:12 -0500 From: Robin Rosenberg To: viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk Subject: Re: JFS default behavior (was: UTF-8 in file systems? xfs/extfs/etc.) Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2004 11:03:10 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.6.1 Cc: Jamie Lokier , Linux kernel References: <20040209115852.GB877@schottelius.org> <200402130216.53434.robin.rosenberg.lists@dewire.com> <20040213022934.GA8858@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20040213022934.GA8858@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200402131103.10366.robin.rosenberg.lists@dewire.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Friday 13 February 2004 03.29, you wrote: > 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. For us using toy languages, we see characters in filenames, not byte sequences, and if whenever possible users should see the same name regardless of locale. -- robin