linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 8/8] One Laptop Per Child power/battery driver

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Date:	Wed, 9 May 2007 15:23:22 +0100 (BST)
From:	"Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro@...ux-mips.org>
To:	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>
cc:	Satyam Sharma <satyam.sharma@...il.com>,
	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>, Anton Vorontsov <cbou@...l.ru>,
	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	kernel-discuss@...dhelds.org, Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 8/8] One Laptop Per Child power/battery driver

On Tue, 8 May 2007, David Woodhouse wrote:

> It's not an issue which needs resolving. We can spell your name just
> fine; we just need Pavel to quit whining and join us in the 21st
> century.

 I am pretty darn sure my name can be spelled correctly, but can it be 
reasonably assured to be printed correctly on a reasonable subset of 
systems out there?  Considering Linux only -- does our text-mode VGA 
console driver make any effort to print an arbitrary UTF-8-encoded text 
correctly?  What does it do when it runs beyond the limit of 512 
characters?  And how about serial terminals?

 When such issues are resolved and a reasonable subset of people, say 80%, 
either have or can make -- without unnecessary hassle -- their systems 
working properly in this respect, I can start thinking about using the 
correct spelling of my name.

 Until then I would rather work on code, sorry.  And that is not going to 
be any code related to UTF-8 either, but I do encourage anybody who really 
cares about it to address any or all issues raised above. :-)

  Maciej
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