From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 20 06:52:29 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 74B8116A4CE for ; Thu, 20 Jan 2005 06:52:29 +0000 (GMT) Received: from rproxy.gmail.com (rproxy.gmail.com [64.233.170.205]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0B21143D5A for ; Thu, 20 Jan 2005 06:52:29 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from leafy7382@gmail.com) Received: by rproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id 40so32484rnz for ; Wed, 19 Jan 2005 22:52:28 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:references; b=SbeZ6kLQgpYSJsAyvigGlHFJ//voM4DYba82gd1Yy3X6IeBFBqJsObphTQQYmfMOoFCtoC0uhEq4OFjx22HvAICgVskCie5vhqwkiCaKoHwjHdrc8n50Sg6pOvKttX+Mn+NO5wdzag/sPMS1MES5EvFrxq6iixqXm7r7Y267bEI= Received: by 10.38.206.69 with SMTP id d69mr13427rng; Wed, 19 Jan 2005 22:52:28 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.38.8.79 with HTTP; Wed, 19 Jan 2005 22:52:28 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2005 14:52:28 +0800 From: Jiawei Ye To: David Yu In-Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: kernel iconv support? X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Jiawei Ye List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2005 06:52:29 -0000 On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 22:44:48 -0800, David Yu wrote: > Hi folks, > I was wondering why the kernel side iconv support is so incomplete. I > mean, only XLAT and XLAT 16 converters are implemented. Is there any > reason that we don't want to put all converters into the kernel (e.g. > too large)? Or just no one wrote it? > I think the iconv support is really important in filename conversion > in some file systems, especially for non-English users. A fully > functional iconv will be good for many people. > > David I had asked the question sometime back in early 2004 (IIRC) when trying to UTF-8-ize my then -current box, but no one responded. I take it as that no one had yet implement it rather than being reluctant to implement it. My 2 cents, Jiawei Ye -- "Without the userland, the kernel is useless." --inspired by The Tao of Programming