linux-kernel - Re: wcn36xx: Remove Unicode Byte Order Mark from testcode

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Message-Id: <20180628092904.63600608C8@smtp.codeaurora.org>
Date:   Thu, 28 Jun 2018 09:29:04 +0000 (UTC)
From:   Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>
To:     Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
Cc:     Eyal Ilsar <eilsar@...eaurora.org>,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, wcn36xx@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
Subject: Re: wcn36xx: Remove Unicode Byte Order Mark from testcode

Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org> wrote:

> Older gcc (< 4.4) doesn't like files starting with a Unicode BOM:
> 
>     drivers/net/wireless/ath/wcn36xx/testmode.c:1: error: stray ‘\357’ in program
>     drivers/net/wireless/ath/wcn36xx/testmode.c:1: error: stray ‘\273’ in program
>     drivers/net/wireless/ath/wcn36xx/testmode.c:1: error: stray ‘\277’ in program
> 
> Remove the BOM, the rest of the file is plain ASCII anyway.
> 
> Output of "file drivers/net/wireless/ath/wcn36xx/testmode.c" before:
> 
>     drivers/net/wireless/ath/wcn36xx/testmode.c: C source, UTF-8 Unicode (with BOM) text
> 
> and after:
> 
>     drivers/net/wireless/ath/wcn36xx/testmode.c: C source, ASCII text
> 
> Fixes: 87f825e6e246cee0 ("wcn36xx: Add support for Factory Test Mode (FTM)")
> Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
> Acked-by: Ramon Fried <ramon.fried@...il.com>
> Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>

Patch applied to ath-current branch of ath.git, thanks.

371d5e9d99e1 wcn36xx: Remove Unicode Byte Order Mark from testcode

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https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/10451875/

https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches