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From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] vgacon: Workaround for resize bug in some chipsets
Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2005 19:32:08 -0800 (PST)
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By author:    "Antonino A. Daplas" <adaplas@gmail.com>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
> >>  
> >>
> > I think vgacon doesn't touch the 8/9 pixel setting, so  the fonts are hw
> > extended to 9 pixels by VGA in many modes.
> > 
> 
> It's not a hardware limitation, but vgacon is hardcoded to accept fonts that are
> only 8 pixels wide.  You can try it by doing a setfont.
> 

The *font* is always 8 pixels wide.  Whether or not you display it in
8- or 9-pixel mode is irrelevant to the formatting of the font.

In general, for vgacon, it should use the 9-pixel mode, at least by default.

	-hpa
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