From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sun, 19 Aug 2001 06:29:12 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sun, 19 Aug 2001 06:29:02 -0400 Received: from freya.yggdrasil.com ([209.249.10.20]:33698 "EHLO ns1.yggdrasil.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sun, 19 Aug 2001 06:28:47 -0400 Date: Sun, 19 Aug 2001 03:28:58 -0700 From: "Adam J. Richter" Message-Id: <200108191028.DAA01752@ns1.yggdrasil.com> To: geert@linux-m68k.org Subject: Re: [Linux-fbdev-devel] Patch, please TEST: linux-2.4.9 console font modularization Cc: linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, mj@ucw.cz Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org >What's wrong with the ancient console ioctl()s to change the font at runtine? >(damned, I can't remember the name of the command) [...] >Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@linux-m68k.org I don't know enough about fbdev vs. the old PC VGA console to know whether those ioctl's are available for fbdev. As far as I'm concerned, loading fonts by user level programs would be even better than by loading modules, although, I think that, when trying to move a facility from kernel to userland, people are a lot more willing to try that change if the kernel-based way is still available, but normally just compiled as modules that people gradually stop using. Adam J. Richter __ ______________ 4880 Stevens Creek Blvd, Suite 104 adam@yggdrasil.com \ / San Jose, California 95129-1034 +1 408 261-6630 | g g d r a s i l United States of America fax +1 408 261-6631 "Free Software For The Rest Of Us."