kernel iconv support?

[Jeremy Messenger]

On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 22:44:48 -0800, David Yu <chiahsing at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi folks,
> I was wondering why the kernel side iconv support is so incomplete. I
> mean, only XLAT and XLAT 16 converters are implemented. Is there any
> reason that we don't want to put all converters into the kernel (e.g.
> too large)? Or just no one wrote it?
> I think the iconv support is really important in filename conversion
> in some file systems, especially for non-English users. A fully
> functional iconv will be good for many people.

http://www.freebsd.org/news/status/report-july-2004-dec-2004.html#Improved-Multibyte/Wide-Character-Support

> David


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