From: Segher Boessenkool <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Mon, 1 Jan 2007 18:48:33 +0100
> If you *really* want (the option of) showing things as text > in the filesystem, you better make it so that there is a > one-to-one translation back to binary. For example, what > does this mean, is it a text string or two bytes: > > 01.02 > > Yes you as a user can guess, but scripts can't (reliably). We have some extensive code in fs/openpromfs/inode.c that determines whether a property is text or not. I can't guarentee it works %100, but it's very context dependant (only the driver "knows") but it works for all the cases I've tried. I really think you're making a mountain out of a mole hill, to be honest :-) - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
