Index: kernel/generic/include/string.h
===================================================================
--- kernel/generic/include/string.h	(revision f2b8cdc51775d0938392285312ca1ea65eca2f5b)
+++ kernel/generic/include/string.h	(revision 415d272c2410b6829f7665da39831ac552d8305e)
@@ -58,4 +58,6 @@
 #define U_CURSOR       0x2588
 
+#define U_BOM          0xfeff
+
 /**< No size limit constant */
 #define STR_NO_LIMIT  ((size_t) -1)