From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1MUzVt-0006qU-8L for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 26 Jul 2009 04:55:25 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MUzVr-0006qP-9K for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 26 Jul 2009 04:55:23 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MUzVm-0006pd-SJ for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 26 Jul 2009 04:55:22 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=42748 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MUzVm-0006pa-Ht for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 26 Jul 2009 04:55:18 -0400 Received: from moutng.kundenserver.de ([212.227.126.177]:54199) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MUzVl-0006sk-Vc for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 26 Jul 2009 04:55:18 -0400 Received: from [85.180.49.97] (e180049097.adsl.alicedsl.de [85.180.49.97]) by mrelayeu.kundenserver.de (node=mrelayeu4) with ESMTP (Nemesis) id 0ML21M-1MUzVk2Cpo-000kZM; Sun, 26 Jul 2009 10:55:16 +0200 From: Felix Zielcke To: The development of GRUB 2 In-Reply-To: References: <20090208134953.00aef328@gibibit.com> <20090209141116.GD4394@thorin> <20090209082425.3d5ff676@gibibit.com> <1244716115.3552.0.camel@fz.local> <1248470279.3510.80.camel@fz.local> <20090725160419.GA12326@thorin> <1248538958.3667.1.camel@fz.local> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Sun, 26 Jul 2009 10:56:05 +0200 Message-Id: <1248598565.25072.5.camel@fz.local> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.27.4 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX19/cDfj8axT4E8Dv2Vgt5ysrqJfeUr3rq2Y9Pi W+aM+lqpR42qY0W+n2eethoylFOVXPWD0ZyjhZ0DbWT6fGCmF5 E34AmAFbhF7FUQ+xJtIiAp+WVVLPLmB X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. Subject: Re: [PATCH] Faster text rendering by optimizing font glyph lookup X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: The development of GRUB 2 List-Id: The development of GRUB 2 List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 26 Jul 2009 08:55:23 -0000 Am Sonntag, den 26.07.2009, 10:38 +0200 schrieb Michal Suchanek: > On 25/07/2009, Felix Zielcke wrote: > > Am Samstag, den 25.07.2009, 18:04 +0200 schrieb Robert Millan: > > > > > On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 11:17:59PM +0200, Felix Zielcke wrote: > > > > > > > > So if there still won't come up objections against this, then I'll do > > > > the change, then at least an Ubuntu bug report can be closed. > > > > > > I think it's fine, but is this an upstream change or a debian change? IIRC > > > the default font selection is in grub-mkconfig. > > > > > > > > > Upstream. There you changed the default from unicode.pff to ascii.pff. > > > > The default font for generating a rescue floppy image should be ascii > because the unicode font won't fit. The change is just for grub-mkconfig, which isn't at all used by grub-mkrescue. It would still use ascii.pf2 if there's no unicode.pf2 > However, I could not find any font at all on the floppy, and it is > probably not required in any environment that supports floppy booting > so I am not sure if there is any reason for including it except for > easy testing of graphics. > > Thanks > > Michal If anyone wants to have gfxterm on a floppy, he/she could just use grub-mkrescue with --overlay A custom grub.cfg would be good anyway in that case and then you could just copy ascii.pf2 there too. -- Felix Zielcke Proud Debian Maintainer