Re: [PATCH] add stricmp

[Christoph Hellwig]

On Thu, Sep 08, 2005 at 05:05:06PM +0200, Jan Beulich wrote:
> (Note: Patch also attached because the inline version is certain to get
> line wrapped.)
> 
> While strnicmp existed in the set of string support routines, stricmp
> didn't, which this patch adjusts.

I don't thing we should do case-insenstitive comparims in kernel, and
in the few cases where we must (legacy OS fileystem support) it needs
to be NLS-capable.

But once again we need to see the users anyway.  You're adding tons of
bloat in your patches without showing us an actually useful user.
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