> Our console doesn't handle arbitary 8bit encodings. There
> are japanese DMI strings out there for example
OK. Anyway, this is for debugging only and I don't intend to do it right now, if I ever do. I came up to a new patch that I still need to test. I'll be posting it tomorrow if it works as intended. It should solve everything we've been discussing about except ascii filtering.
> Oh as a PS btw don't worry about code size for the dmi
> scanner as it is all marked __init. The entire DMI code
> gets turned back into free memory by the end of the boot
> of the kernel, so you can put complex checks in there if
> it helps
I figured this out right after posting my message. I am really new to kernel code, as you see. I'll remember this, thanks.
Jean Delvare
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