Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932304AbXIAVMQ (ORCPT ); Sat, 1 Sep 2007 17:12:16 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1756037AbXIAVMF (ORCPT ); Sat, 1 Sep 2007 17:12:05 -0400 Received: from terminus.zytor.com ([198.137.202.10]:60277 "EHLO terminus.zytor.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755784AbXIAVMD (ORCPT ); Sat, 1 Sep 2007 17:12:03 -0400 Message-ID: <46D9D587.9020605@zytor.com> Date: Sat, 01 Sep 2007 22:11:35 +0100 From: "H. Peter Anvin" User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.5 (X11/20070719) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] add CONFIG_VT_UNICODE References: <20070831201820.GF31970@nostromo.devel.redhat.com> In-Reply-To: <20070831201820.GF31970@nostromo.devel.redhat.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 807 Lines: 20 Bill Nottingham wrote: > As of now, the kernel defaults to non-unicode and XLATE for the keyboard. > We've been changing this in Fedora, but that requires patching the defaults > in the kernel. > > The attached introduces CONFIG_VT_UNICODE, which sets the console in unicode > mode by default on boot, including both the virtual terminal and the keyboard > driver. > > Signed-off-by: Bill Nottingham Wasn't there a patch floating around about this a couple of months ago, which also let you set the system-wide default via sysctl? -hpa - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/