soma: send ET.tostring() as is, it's already bytes

diff --git a/nonstop/utils.py b/nonstop/utils.py
index 062837775ff262c1888ab702d18361fec33a41bd..ef0662e5b4e19aa536b03f77b18a4553e75d916d 100644 (file)
--- a/nonstop/utils.py
+++ b/nonstop/utils.py
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ def add_diffusion(diffusion):
         s.sendall(b'106 - Switch to a New Palinsesto Request\n')
         if s.recv(1024) != b'100 - Ok\n':
             raise SomaException('failed to switch palinsesto')
-        s.sendall(ET.tostring(palinsesto_xml).encode('utf-8'))
+        s.sendall(ET.tostring(palinsesto_xml))
 
     # give it some time (...)
     time.sleep(3)