[PATCH 17/18] fs: Fix copyright symbol in printk()

Marek Vasut marex at denx.de
Mon Apr 22 18:02:55 EDT 2013


Dear David Woodhouse,

> On Mon, 2013-04-22 at 23:24 +0200, Marek Vasut wrote:
> > Use regular ASCII "(C)" string instead of UTF8 "©" string in
> > printk() as the later produces the following output on dmesg
> > 
> > instead of the expected one:
> >   jffs2: version 2.2. (NAND) \xffffffc2\xffffffa9 2001-2006 Red Hat, Inc.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Marek Vasut <marex at denx.de>
> > Cc: David Woodhouse <dwmw2 at infradead.org>
> 
> You appear to have discovered a problem with printk. Let's *fix* it
> rather than regressing to the 20th century to work around it though?

Should printk() even be capable of printing UTF8 stuff like that? How should I 
go about this?

Best regards,
Marek Vasut



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