From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1761492AbXFEF0T (ORCPT ); Tue, 5 Jun 2007 01:26:19 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1755356AbXFEF0L (ORCPT ); Tue, 5 Jun 2007 01:26:11 -0400 Received: from pasmtpb.tele.dk ([80.160.77.98]:37615 "EHLO pasmtpB.tele.dk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754848AbXFEF0K (ORCPT ); Tue, 5 Jun 2007 01:26:10 -0400 Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2007 07:27:11 +0200 From: Sam Ravnborg To: Adrian Bunk Cc: LKML Subject: Re: default charset for linux-kernel code? Message-ID: <20070605052711.GA21745@uranus.ravnborg.org> References: <20070604213645.GA18588@uranus.ravnborg.org> <20070604231115.GG5500@stusta.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20070604231115.GG5500@stusta.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Jun 05, 2007 at 01:11:15AM +0200, Adrian Bunk wrote: > On Mon, Jun 04, 2007 at 11:36:45PM +0200, Sam Ravnborg wrote: > > In private mail I have discussed with a person the default charset > > to use for source code and in particular Kconfig files in the kernel. > > I recall to have seen some mails about UTF-8 but I would like to have > > confirmed what is the 'nofficial?' recommended charset for kernel code? > > Everything that gets compiled into the kernel image (including printk()'s > but excluding comments) 7bit ASCII, the rest UTF-8. > > For Kconfig files UTF-8 should be the right choice (assuming all > *config tools support it). Thanks - this also matches my understanding. Sam