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SubjectRe: [patch v2] x86, efi: fix pointer math issue in handle_ramdisks()


Am 16.03.2012 20:55, schrieb H. Peter Anvin:
> On 03/06/2012 12:44 AM, walter harms wrote:
>>>
>> hi,
>>
>> yep, but i was asking about efi. The basic idea is of cause to map efi_char16_t -> wchar_t
>> and back and make this a prototype for every driver that needs a special charset.
>> That would make it possible to recycle the wcs* interface of libc.
>> IMHO it seems more reasonable than adding one for each (upcoming) type.
>>
>
> Actually libc and the C standard is going the opposite ways, adding new
> interfaces for UTF-16 and UTF-32. The wchar_t interface just doesn't
> work very well.
>

I admit i do not have the problem yet and i do not like the idea adding even more types.
Oh well may i should be happy that someone is actually thinking about this here and not
simply add yet on other hot fix.

re,
wh


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