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From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Liz Clark <liz.clark@hp.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] TTY: Wrong unicode value copied in con_set_unimap()
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2012 11:55:14 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120315185514.GB11142@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1331832809-4484-1-git-send-email-liz.clark@hp.com>

On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 10:33:29AM -0700, Liz Clark wrote:
> Bugzilla 40012: PIO_UNIMAP bug: error updating Unicode-to-font map
> 
> The unicode font map for the virtual console is a 32x32x64 table which
> allocates rows dynamically as entries are added.  The unicode value
> increases sequentially and should count all entries even in empty
> rows.  The defect is when copying the unicode font map in con_set_unimap(),
> the unicode value is not incremented properly.  The wrong unicode value
> is entered in the new font map.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Liz Clark <liz.clark@hp.com>

Is this a new problem caused by recent changes in this area, or has it
always been there and needs to be backported to older kernels to solve
the problem there?

thanks,

greg k-h

  parent reply	other threads:[~2012-03-15 18:55 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-03-15 17:33 [PATCH] TTY: Wrong unicode value copied in con_set_unimap() Liz Clark
2012-03-15 18:03 ` Greg KH
2012-03-15 18:06   ` Clark, Liz
2012-03-15 18:09   ` Don Morris
2012-03-15 18:55 ` Greg KH [this message]
2012-03-15 19:36   ` Clark, Liz
2012-03-15 19:48     ` Greg KH

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