=== added file 'ChangeLog.bmpidx'
--- ChangeLog.bmpidx	1970-01-01 00:00:00 +0000
+++ ChangeLog.bmpidx	2009-11-29 14:17:03 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+2009-11-29  Vladimir Serbinenko  <phcoder@gmail.com>
+
+	Optimise glyph lookup by Basic Multilingual Plane lookup array.
+
+	* font/font.c (struct grub_font): New member 'bmp_idx'.
+	(font_init): Initialise 'bmp_idx'.
+	(load_font_index): Fill 'bmp_idx'.
+	(find_glyph): Make inline. Use bmp_idx for BMP characters.
+

=== modified file 'font/font.c'
--- font/font.c	2009-07-20 17:37:37 +0000
+++ font/font.c	2009-11-29 13:24:58 +0000
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ struct grub_font
   short leading;
   grub_uint32_t num_chars;
   struct char_index_entry *char_index;
+  grub_uint16_t *bmp_idx;
 };
 
 /* Definition of font registry.  */
@@ -180,6 +181,7 @@ font_init (grub_font_t font)
   font->descent = 0;
   font->num_chars = 0;
   font->char_index = 0;
+  font->bmp_idx = 0;
 }
 
 /* Open the next section in the file.
@@ -273,6 +275,14 @@ load_font_index (grub_file_t file, grub_
                                   * sizeof (struct char_index_entry));
   if (! font->char_index)
     return 1;
+  font->bmp_idx = grub_malloc (0x10000 * sizeof (grub_uint16_t));
+  if (! font->bmp_idx)
+    {
+      grub_free (font->char_index);
+      return 1;
+    }
+  grub_memset (font->bmp_idx, 0xff, 0x10000 * sizeof (grub_uint16_t));
+
 
 #if FONT_DEBUG >= 2
   grub_printf("num_chars=%d)\n", font->num_chars);
@@ -299,6 +309,9 @@ load_font_index (grub_file_t file, grub_
           return 1;
         }
 
+      if (entry->code < 0x10000)
+	font->bmp_idx[entry->code] = i;
+
       last_code = entry->code;
 
       /* Read storage flags byte.  */
@@ -594,7 +607,7 @@ read_be_int16 (grub_file_t file, grub_in
 
 /* Return a pointer to the character index entry for the glyph corresponding to
    the codepoint CODE in the font FONT.  If not found, return zero.  */
-static struct char_index_entry *
+static inline struct char_index_entry *
 find_glyph (const grub_font_t font, grub_uint32_t code)
 {
   struct char_index_entry *table;
@@ -602,8 +615,17 @@ find_glyph (const grub_font_t font, grub
   grub_size_t hi;
   grub_size_t mid;
 
-  /* Do a binary search in `char_index', which is ordered by code point.  */
   table = font->char_index;
+
+  /* Use BMP index if possible.  */
+  if (code < 0x10000)
+    {
+      if (font->bmp_idx[code] == 0xffff)
+	return 0;
+      return &table[font->bmp_idx[code]];
+    }
+
+  /* Do a binary search in `char_index', which is ordered by code point.  */
   lo = 0;
   hi = font->num_chars - 1;