From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: Dave Airlie <airlied@gmail.com>
Cc: dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] vgacon/vt: clear buffer attributes when we load a 512 character font
Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2013 20:26:16 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3e1239db-9a17-46b1-ab67-8934c4fe5938@email.android.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAPM=9tyfxWBrqJM64B_VV0+KispQBSixVzdmhFocxmt9WNYEwg@mail.gmail.com>
It would be nice to support more than 512 characters when using a graphical console. We should be able to support up to 2048 at least.
Dave Airlie <airlied@gmail.com> wrote:
>On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 10:18 PM, H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> wrote:
>> The characters will morph anyway, it is just a matter off having them
>randomly scream with the intensity bit.
>>
>> 512-character mode is definitely useful... we get much wider language
>coverage with 512 than with 256, which is why most distros use a 512
>console font.
>
>Yeah really use a graphics console :-)
>
>But I've sent a v2 patch that should clear the attribute space going
>both directions.
>
>Dave.
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Sent from my mobile phone. Please excuse brevity and lack of formatting.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-01-25 2:27 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-01-24 4:22 Dave Airlie
2013-01-24 5:20 ` H. Peter Anvin
2013-01-24 8:32 ` Dave Airlie
2013-01-24 12:18 ` H. Peter Anvin
2013-01-25 2:22 ` Dave Airlie
2013-01-25 2:26 ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
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