[U-Boot] [PATCH] [NEXT] arm926ejs: add split relocation support

Wolfgang Denk wd at denx.de
Sat Sep 18 22:45:38 CEST 2010


Dear Albert ARIBAUD,

In message <4C90B904.9020305 at free.fr> you wrote:
>
> > So far we've been using ISO8859-1
> 
> It is not clear to me whether you're expressing a coding rule or just a 
> statement of fact, so I'll ask more precise questions:
> 
> 1) is UTF-8 allowed or not in u-boot?
> 
> 2) if UTF-8 is allowed along with ISO8859-1, then a) which one should be 
> preferred for new files, and b) which should be preferred for patches to 
> existing files?
> 
> 3) if UTF-8 is not allowed, then what should be done about the 56 u-boot 
> source files that currently are UTF-8?
> 
> Wolfgang, can you explicitly answer these points? In case the answer to 
> question 3 is "they should be converted to ISO", of course being the one 
> to raise the issue, I shall be the one to submit the fix.

So far this has not been "officially" decided yet. My personal
preference is ISO-8859-1, so if nobody protests I suggest we add a
"[i18n] commitencoding = ISO-8859-1" to the .git/config file.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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