[PATCH] fix for non utf8 valid serial on storage devices
David Zeuthen
david at fubar.dk
Thu Nov 10 11:15:41 PST 2005
On Thu, 2005-11-10 at 20:08 +0100, Danny Kukawka wrote:
> Hi,
>
> this is a patch to fix problems with non utf8 valid serials from storage
> devices. This is near the same code as for non valid volume labels.
> Additionally we add the serial only if there is at least one valid character
> left in the serial. Invalid characters replaced with '?'.
>
> The reason: D-BUS accept only utf8 valid strings. If the string is invalid the
> storage device won't be added to HAL. (see bug report:
> https://launchpad.net/products/hal/+bug/2624)
>
> This patch fixes also a compiler warning in hald/util.c
>
> Please review.
Looks good to me. Thanks!
Cheers,
David
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