From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1945949AbXDCVOu (ORCPT ); Tue, 3 Apr 2007 17:14:50 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1945950AbXDCVOu (ORCPT ); Tue, 3 Apr 2007 17:14:50 -0400 Received: from cel.leonerd.org.uk ([62.49.94.186]:3212 "EHLO cel.leo" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1945949AbXDCVOt (ORCPT ); Tue, 3 Apr 2007 17:14:49 -0400 Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2007 22:14:38 +0100 From: Paul LeoNerd Evans To: "H. Peter Anvin" Cc: Jan Engelhardt , "Antonino A. Daplas" , Andrew Morton , Linux Kernel Development Subject: Re: [PATCH] vt: Do not clear UTF when resetting console Message-ID: <20070403221438.77c40a53@nim.leo> In-Reply-To: <4611A60F.90505@zytor.com> References: <46110F88.5040905@gmail.com> <46113ED6.4060005@zytor.com> <1175559377.7267.13.camel@daplas> <4611A60F.90505@zytor.com> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 2.8.0 (GTK+ 2.8.20; i486-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="Sig_q_I11bhqybqwE=Xs_QqfpMI"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=PGP-SHA1 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org --Sig_q_I11bhqybqwE=Xs_QqfpMI Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, 02 Apr 2007 17:55:43 -0700 "H. Peter Anvin" wrote: > I think you're missing the whole point of console reset. Its purpose is= =20 > to force the console into a known-good state. The fewer pieces of state= =20 > it leaves unset, the better. To some degree it's less important what=20 > that state actually is. Ultimately, does the patch actually change that? Without this change, utf mode gets reset to zero because that's what the kernel source code says. With this change, utf mode gets reset to zero because that's what the module parameter says and the user hasn't changed it.. .. only with the change, users get the ability to change that policy. For the last 2 years since I originally submitted that patch, I've been running it on my box. For those last 2 years, finally, UTF-8 input actually worked on the VTs. Previous to that, lots of things broke. --=20 Paul "LeoNerd" Evans leonerd@leonerd.org.uk ICQ# 4135350 | Registered Linux# 179460 http://www.leonerd.org.uk/ --Sig_q_I11bhqybqwE=Xs_QqfpMI Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFGEsPG7eTlovtaLtYRArKwAJ9u0lGkLdeaBOUfk7ur1Fj+0AkXXQCdEvgi 1Yq7xzfM3Wkx9pdqsgOfktk= =bbBu -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_q_I11bhqybqwE=Xs_QqfpMI--