From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [vgacon] Font height discrepancy, Linux 2.5.x
Date: 14 Apr 2003 15:21:38 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <b7fc9i$sso$1@cesium.transmeta.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Pine.LNX.4.44.0304141712330.28989-100000@winds.org
Followup to: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0304141712330.28989-100000@winds.org>
By author: Byron Stanoszek <gandalf@winds.org>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
>
> I would only like to set vc_font.height on all VTs if the underlying module is
> a VGA Console and not a framebuffer.
>
> What is the easiest way to do this? Perhaps the module should set a special
> flag in the vt structure to determine if a font change affects all VTs (as in
> the VGA Console) or only on the current VT (Framebuffer)?
>
I think we need a font data structure that is pointed to by the vc
data structure. It can be shared for those consoles where it's
appropriate and separate for those that aren't.
-hpa
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2003-04-14 21:27 [vgacon] Font height discrepancy, Linux 2.5.x Byron Stanoszek
2003-04-14 22:21 ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
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