Subject: Re: [Fwd: codeset recoding engine]
To: Jaromir Dolecek <dolecek@ics.muni.cz>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
List: tech-kern
Date: 11/21/1999 17:32:09
On Mon, 22 Nov 1999 01:01:03 +0100 (MET)
Jaromir Dolecek <dolecek@ics.muni.cz> wrote:
> I'd need to pass not only data/tables, but also actual code -- the
> implementation of encoding - i.e. "none" for iso-8859-[12], koi8-r;
> "euc" for euc-jp; "utf-8" for utf8. Some code sets may also
> implement the conversion in software instead of using static tables.
>
> LKM seems like natural choice here.
...and besides, once Ragge gets that new LKM code into the tree (HI
RAGGE!!! :-), it might be possible to have trusted, signed LKMs.
-- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>