>>> Christoph Hellwig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 08.09.05 17:17:54 >>> >On Thu, Sep 08, 2005 at 05:05:06PM +0200, Jan Beulich wrote: >> (Note: Patch also attached because the inline version is certain to get >> line wrapped.) >> >> While strnicmp existed in the set of string support routines, stricmp >> didn't, which this patch adjusts. > >I don't thing we should do case-insenstitive comparims in kernel, and >in the few cases where we must (legacy OS fileystem support) it needs >to be NLS-capable.
Then how am I supposed to do ASCII-only case-insensitive compares (i.e. reading config files)? And why is there a strnicmp? If this is not going to be available as general library routine, I'd just have to add this to a place where it doesn't really belong. >But once again we need to see the users anyway. You're adding tons of >bloat in your patches without showing us an actually useful user. The intended user can be seen at http://forge.novell.com/modules/xfmod/project/?nlkd (and see also my previous reply to your earlier, similar complaint). Jan - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
