Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751963Ab0K1Iro (ORCPT ); Sun, 28 Nov 2010 03:47:44 -0500 Received: from solo.fdn.fr ([80.67.169.19]:58248 "EHLO solo.fdn.fr" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751760Ab0K1Irl (ORCPT ); Sun, 28 Nov 2010 03:47:41 -0500 Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2010 09:47:38 +0100 From: Samuel Thibault To: Vojtech Pavlik Cc: microcai , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Alan Cox , linuxconsole-dev@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [PATCH] Kernel fbcon UNICODE font support Message-ID: <20101128084738.GH10602@const.famille.thibault.fr> Mail-Followup-To: Samuel Thibault , Vojtech Pavlik , microcai , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Alan Cox , linuxconsole-dev@lists.sourceforge.net References: <1290750825.2372.59.camel@cai.gentoo> <20101127125742.GD4865@const.famille.thibault.fr> <20101128081528.GA20705@suse.cz> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <20101128081528.GA20705@suse.cz> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.12-2006-07-14 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1283 Lines: 28 Vojtech Pavlik, le Sun 28 Nov 2010 09:15:28 +0100, a ?crit : > On Sun, Nov 28, 2010 at 02:50:49PM +0800, microcai wrote: > > 2010/11/27 Samuel Thibault : > > I did more work,and found that , VGA console (non framebuffer) realy > > need 8bit/8bit attrib/char , because that's how text mode VGA cards > > interpreter them. changing to full type will break VGA drivers. > > Well, on VGA you could use the 512 glyphs available (9 bit character, 7 > bit attribute) and dynamically change the font in the video memory to > always contain the characters that you need on the screen. Chances are > that you won't need all 512 at any single time. The screen isn't that > large in classic VGA mode. That's what the Hurd console does indeed, and that's indeed enough to be able to display all Debian Installer's dialog boxes in chinese without problems :) > But since VGA is mostly dead these days anyway, it'd be a neat hack, but > probably not worth the effort. Agreed, considering how bug prone it'd be. Samuel -- 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/