Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2007 14:06:44 +0200 (CEST)
From: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@computergmbh.de>
To: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] add CONFIG_VT_UNICODE
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On Sep 1 2007 22:11, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> 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 <notting@redhat.com>
>
> 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?

sysfs, and you were on the discussion (your idea won, basically....)
And the way I see it, it got merged.
Commit 042f10ec6533e53181284c96d22ae051e49ac707

As I further see it, this CONFIG_VT_UNICODE patch defines the 
starting value for the default.

E.g. CONFIG_VT_UNICODE=y, you start with utf8, and can, at will, at 
runtime, change it. CONFIG_VT_UNICODE=n, you start with 8bit, and can, 
at will, at runtime, too, change it ;-)


	Jan
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