From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from gabe.freedesktop.org (gabe.freedesktop.org [131.252.210.177]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6BF2DC61DD3 for ; Mon, 31 Aug 2026 17:21:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: from gabe.freedesktop.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gabe.freedesktop.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A0B7510E322; Mon, 31 Aug 2026 17:21:35 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: gabe.freedesktop.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key; secure) header.d=gmx.de header.i=deller@gmx.de header.b="KqQEJCf2"; dkim-atps=neutral Received: from mout.gmx.net (mout.gmx.net [212.227.15.19]) by gabe.freedesktop.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C0FE410E322 for ; Mon, 31 Aug 2026 17:21:33 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmx.de; s=s31663417; t=1788196892; x=1788801692; i=deller@gmx.de; bh=kPZTsyoSmtIH7Bh6d02s7nJ2LKgDbP77DS7VYIUAFNg=; h=X-UI-Sender-Class:Message-ID:Date:MIME-Version:Subject:To:Cc: References:From:In-Reply-To:Content-Type: Content-Transfer-Encoding:cc:content-transfer-encoding: content-type:date:from:message-id:mime-version:reply-to:subject: to; b=KqQEJCf2t6JQEsIK+OqpNlMdPvF99TvtprMZcvSQ8cPkwQd415CMq6SwzTEe/3uT HUW/2mRlJh83wiwdDLquFuzLFF7r3rR/Apkl7/HapITH7zcjzWY9dN+TRHlBThhZn APB7b2O8BLX++lEdf910Cu+81W5wE5vtZ+pE+9cKmvufp1G141GN6qgqKMqh0FHTW OvYRt/lNUR5uuY6bZhAddIphG6D26eZyKxEpc9ixtotgWZM8q0QDXjKitXWdLRt1+ s2tyiHLRlDKJocbWU6IlCz6s7YmH76Asx1ssiUsPY5r81t352258mjkazNNnR+Rcb 3haWZ/Kd6kwJL9ZryA== X-UI-Sender-Class: 724b4f7f-cbec-4199-ad4e-598c01a50d3a Received: from client.hidden.invalid by mail.gmx.net (mrgmx005 [212.227.17.190]) with ESMTPSA (Nemesis) id 1MSKyI-1xTiPD3VSy-00Vzom; Mon, 31 Aug 2026 19:21:32 +0200 Message-ID: Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2026 19:21:30 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Subject: Re: vt: Enlarge the framebuffer glyph size from 16 to 32 bits To: Alan Mackenzie , Thomas Zimmermann Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman , Jiri Slaby , Simona Vetter , linux-serial@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-fbdev@vger.kernel.org, dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org References: <145be2e3-a8c0-4f4f-a701-af2696cec461@suse.de> <2026082938-spray-shimmer-9389@gregkh> <7c199c7f-d89b-48ca-a777-85585d2eb624@suse.de> Content-Language: en-US From: Helge Deller Autocrypt: addr=deller@gmx.de; keydata= xsFNBF3Ia3MBEAD3nmWzMgQByYAWnb9cNqspnkb2GLVKzhoH2QD4eRpyDLA/3smlClbeKkWT HLnjgkbPFDmcmCz5V0Wv1mKYRClAHPCIBIJgyICqqUZo2qGmKstUx3pFAiztlXBANpRECgwJ r+8w6mkccOM9GhoPU0vMaD/UVJcJQzvrxVHO8EHS36aUkjKd6cOpdVbCt3qx8cEhCmaFEO6u CL+k5AZQoABbFQEBocZE1/lSYzaHkcHrjn4cQjc3CffXnUVYwlo8EYOtAHgMDC39s9a7S90L 69l6G73lYBD/Br5lnDPlG6dKfGFZZpQ1h8/x+Qz366Ojfq9MuuRJg7ZQpe6foiOtqwKym/zV dVvSdOOc5sHSpfwu5+BVAAyBd6hw4NddlAQUjHSRs3zJ9OfrEx2d3mIfXZ7+pMhZ7qX0Axlq Lq+B5cfLpzkPAgKn11tfXFxP+hcPHIts0bnDz4EEp+HraW+oRCH2m57Y9zhcJTOJaLw4YpTY GRUlF076vZ2Hz/xMEvIJddRGId7UXZgH9a32NDf+BUjWEZvFt1wFSW1r7zb7oGCwZMy2LI/G aHQv/N0NeFMd28z+deyxd0k1CGefHJuJcOJDVtcE1rGQ43aDhWSpXvXKDj42vFD2We6uIo9D 1VNre2+uAxFzqqf026H6cH8hin9Vnx7p3uq3Dka/Y/qmRFnKVQARAQABzRxIZWxnZSBEZWxs ZXIgPGRlbGxlckBnbXguZGU+wsGRBBMBCAA7AhsDBQsJCAcCBhUKCQgLAgQWAgMBAh4BAheA FiEERUSCKCzZENvvPSX4Pl89BKeiRgMFAl3J1zsCGQEACgkQPl89BKeiRgNK7xAAg6kJTPje uBm9PJTUxXaoaLJFXbYdSPfXhqX/BI9Xi2VzhwC2nSmizdFbeobQBTtRIz5LPhjk95t11q0s uP5htzNISPpwxiYZGKrNnXfcPlziI2bUtlz4ke34cLK6MIl1kbS0/kJBxhiXyvyTWk2JmkMi REjR84lCMAoJd1OM9XGFOg94BT5aLlEKFcld9qj7B4UFpma8RbRUpUWdo0omAEgrnhaKJwV8 qt0ULaF/kyP5qbI8iA2PAvIjq73dA4LNKdMFPG7Rw8yITQ1Vi0DlDgDT2RLvKxEQC0o3C6O4 iQq7qamsThLK0JSDRdLDnq6Phv+Yahd7sDMYuk3gIdoyczRkXzncWAYq7XTWl7nZYBVXG1D8 gkdclsnHzEKpTQIzn/rGyZshsjL4pxVUIpw/vdfx8oNRLKj7iduf11g2kFP71e9v2PP94ik3 Xi9oszP+fP770J0B8QM8w745BrcQm41SsILjArK+5mMHrYhM4ZFN7aipK3UXDNs3vjN+t0zi qErzlrxXtsX4J6nqjs/mF9frVkpv7OTAzj7pjFHv0Bu8pRm4AyW6Y5/H6jOup6nkJdP/AFDu 5ImdlA0jhr3iLk9s9WnjBUHyMYu+HD7qR3yhX6uWxg2oB2FWVMRLXbPEt2hRGq09rVQS7DBy dbZgPwou7pD8MTfQhGmDJFKm2jvOwU0EXchrcwEQAOsDQjdtPeaRt8EP2pc8tG+g9eiiX9Sh rX87SLSeKF6uHpEJ3VbhafIU6A7hy7RcIJnQz0hEUdXjH774B8YD3JKnAtfAyuIU2/rOGa/v UN4BY6U6TVIOv9piVQByBthGQh4YHhePSKtPzK9Pv/6rd8H3IWnJK/dXiUDQllkedrENXrZp eLUjhyp94ooo9XqRl44YqlsrSUh+BzW7wqwfmu26UjmAzIZYVCPCq5IjD96QrhLf6naY6En3 ++tqCAWPkqKvWfRdXPOz4GK08uhcBp3jZHTVkcbo5qahVpv8Y8mzOvSIAxnIjb+cklVxjyY9 dVlrhfKiK5L+zA2fWUreVBqLs1SjfHm5OGuQ2qqzVcMYJGH/uisJn22VXB1c48yYyGv2HUN5 lC1JHQUV9734I5cczA2Gfo27nTHy3zANj4hy+s/q1adzvn7hMokU7OehwKrNXafFfwWVK3OG 1dSjWtgIv5KJi1XZk5TV6JlPZSqj4D8pUwIx3KSp0cD7xTEZATRfc47Yc+cyKcXG034tNEAc xZNTR1kMi9njdxc1wzM9T6pspTtA0vuD3ee94Dg+nDrH1As24uwfFLguiILPzpl0kLaPYYgB wumlL2nGcB6RVRRFMiAS5uOTEk+sJ/tRiQwO3K8vmaECaNJRfJC7weH+jww1Dzo0f1TP6rUa fTBRABEBAAHCwXYEGAEIACAWIQRFRIIoLNkQ2+89Jfg+Xz0Ep6JGAwUCXchrcwIbDAAKCRA+ Xz0Ep6JGAxtdEAC54NQMBwjUNqBNCMsh6WrwQwbg9tkJw718QHPw43gKFSxFIYzdBzD/YMPH l+2fFiefvmI4uNDjlyCITGSM+T6b8cA7YAKvZhzJyJSS7pRzsIKGjhk7zADL1+PJei9p9idy RbmFKo0dAL+ac0t/EZULHGPuIiavWLgwYLVoUEBwz86ZtEtVmDmEsj8ryWw75ZIarNDhV74s BdM2ffUJk3+vWe25BPcJiaZkTuFt+xt2CdbvpZv3IPrEkp9GAKof2hHdFCRKMtgxBo8Kao6p Ws/Vv68FusAi94ySuZT3fp1xGWWf5+1jX4ylC//w0Rj85QihTpA2MylORUNFvH0MRJx4mlFk XN6G+5jIIJhG46LUucQ28+VyEDNcGL3tarnkw8ngEhAbnvMJ2RTx8vGh7PssKaGzAUmNNZiG MB4mPKqvDZ02j1wp7vthQcOEg08z1+XHXb8ZZKST7yTVa5P89JymGE8CBGdQaAXnqYK3/yWf FwRDcGV6nxanxZGKEkSHHOm8jHwvQWvPP73pvuPBEPtKGLzbgd7OOcGZWtq2hNC6cRtsRdDx 4TAGMCz4j238m+2mdbdhRh3iBnWT5yPFfnv/2IjFAk+sdix1Mrr+LIDF++kiekeq0yUpDdc4 ExBy2xf6dd+tuFFBp3/VDN4U0UfG4QJ2fg19zE5Z8dS4jGIbLg== In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Provags-ID: V03:K1:MCDte+8136bcbBp5B9LwPvLuGJftDptkVyGyOfL4WgqJf2fza7+ pSbjUXDKGDoN96QndG/fLTN/JoHgiDiOkDl5Vf3ahhZSi8jBz9PfmW0UYvmIYgrg3eRl/RZ 9hiAjY1k17cSRg7eNOPy5cneMsFNPt6ZaZpM5VI98DFd8yqGkoQimiUKG2jopb4g5AFtU3z PKJojAzfU1HdZsWvYtwhw== UI-OutboundReport: notjunk:1;M01:P0:XMfjuN92Y/Q=;B7JNJlqrp7OwOkOhi9MCEL6+t3E aXvFdGGoQ2b7cAz/QrFK91BTQV3JdOcEPe5g+KOpQHHZh80HwXs+Q4PUVCe/FAd2x18KMJ2tF hdiQsM2ZS5pZnoA1ampB9N/jUSpjqmjs/N6gLcb8ShV5Oj7+L8uKoyisDGraa22Q9zU6lgVFo 9MmTNcFzqXyPtU9yXisiAyy/8NyCC5R5Mi73X7nuTuBCVMvQE4ijxY0ZeRQ1mzLGPr+3QUkq8 7bVp+77TayO0OAxOB2HFckaBsIXaft8QJoVZbP6w8MKCnTaKH+mK9IvPAkg5k3iB2SwB4LdH0 DHCmAF8VZ9gIJRv1saLAkhPSJ1Rc9cUY5KFR06ADlf6E3vekWbjrxRvmu9fyrr4qFMKQK5w7x b//zTBOdCo4kklpKmhfGSC6QCj79AWuxMtr5ryXocP/soKCDNM+A2UVAzLydaNIuC7UBn23Un 4CoSKMvSNKGNTUcRh1e34R57kRoSiI2Af1NIj2rEvejM7fEQYyZnMgfDmiVzfrG3RCKuzsx2G tWV0zmhCoGspvSN+hK9PAIGCrgTnqbJQFtPB526vquNPTVWjthHNrWHeEQVCL3dsSjdP+xt54 TFScichq5D6OY2XPhzhxVHczOTtAMPyLLTI9/oRX/KVsqhKrITzjRwMcksJLtwBpjI1IdJyVa 7PZTogAXZfFzBJufoHVR+YEjqLrgO7LTnYnXQsMk30skZDeoIK9Yo1aNnNAQAYKLGeUaYvdKE CElCsnS55hDoSX/0xOwCrqTJwkupHddjcprYjzeOCL5DqvJkWJbCjtOe8qxIlhU1G+VAnZ7XW ob94MBAiy+x3tYz05trZ7N5ayhyk06d3cBbWt+rOw7+r/06tGcEvQ6FRcVptLft7YBLiGN/4G gM2brJKsswmAA4GPuvEV9UKhUs9JFnrknlfh/QOcmmuNgmeP8HK0c52/cKvPNfhTzeN8fAcWh 9+tYAYDN70GZgVodSfh/ZZ6uCooAL8vc6jUPfAo80Q5BlX1E/m1mGdwY9Z5Nb4IjcztJu0U0M EVbcDw9paIZGmMMygD8eh5Iexn6SA9GpjWxSQvlCzhqYDuCG9q+fkCMYOuw+iiAyYAo6GuPIF 9xtyrQZJ7Q50RR1l5kUyJ3xunE2rsAEkD4lXNcddnRFCmWBejS6uNxU9bax4cpCqL+vXD3kti AGAZErXGBRA6EuupmnIntxUesOmjaj8Q+p57YuVNaNn9Dmu7DIzddJzRF7qR3lJ4idfmewcKF m5EtR683RbIzTOM8piWCJCF5WkuxA3Jf710VO4tchy5HoPwgqz60TpMTkZIszRxtsbBqgy2dp 9WDnk/sxKl2jNokKtFi356fZaYfCBt4xz3ZCCus5OohAEyHYdd3Ew517HfKC7DwSVM95MzfMj rlK7ruRT963kkjK444hCJugrvcp6RLjAQIhaDoFD09DOHMLAxxMc6GBs6qpwVXqUmUnkGoAb3 v53+2MFFUFJ8cw5tvIRM8Wsvjp4vv2u/y9L5cIil5i4OPqF8MdYKjpGAdH4QfWjre4tyR9pcL QfKkrtm7RPe5fbpbQTiNLlc3sNj9cgGYg8nh9qzagN/88MYETKS01GBE7vR4AhOhIzNcIN/Jo g/aE9LyztpSqt9ve0K8SJqePfjAVrSkmJIFgn/qFYBVY97QutPZ+qklrqLdxaWtKAGp7hCveM eTX+J9f2auY8WS7Mi3wJ97mjiwnyNYDLGqexMa/Ni4g498FhAM3LJ+2YSz+uJQTbmbk3B8s5w GsTOzkjX01y3Z6Ddy+DkfVcLfBp3Zc1exBUN1Keb9P5WQ4KmWMlSvxrDOLqoy8Gj9iziKbNUU P6434pV0ayBTSayjxWXzcah5XZky8gO9AQj2Vq377VakTkE3ibhyDi8XiqP+i8G0CNgfDOUfo Lj4B8Q8NIegBQckuYW8whAGdcVESrIv3QYfEJMEnEFuxuqaEpwY/fr8Rp6MQ6vxWbow2Xkrnu Spt6lqZO34L+4RHW4pvJ7e2P/hqaTubviKRPvYBSHOi0pO61FWbwz/Swqfadocvam/HJqGauZ Y9kil1udeh0YKKPe2ZhH6N/+4gyMYEhf2CKV68vVnZoCshyLjjVVGw4FuQE2yXHR0otVP5ufR fjp48im+PTbVqv9wdePMId31TrMk0XiZYu1imWRZsVOjkmCsbieCSniKaq3meQhM2u35mfMd2 xrTQ9Xx5wKaXgdUll59IDE6g/krj8shikRx7NFPjXPEayyw3lbjysiosguuUanxE+zux8JFNl u5A8hBXTk7/U0+4Um2gtiFXE/yYTVz83f+k3dg1IRBwXgKbgOYH/q1FWC6PEET6mNog4Lwvt9 FrbcWY9ZqKbbHKwHUvlgZVxD25FoCMPjsdBqtHbb4NDkAHAuJVmZTw5FgdYxTrcDJNSFUi3qG JhJmx1rkNPaejCLGqM2Xyopr+tsjJklTilge7k6DE1vTKg6EbZpe6x4aWFkYz+6fFcN4JEenB 9FS1UZ7ofzC6Fx6/0ZrnPK+unCvapsvE9i4sv/uXnwPCYzyJVR0ZzZ79xmby/L5+QPYQqWt/7 1nq39qu+hCr89hbhOMcDmgfusmAG8XrhgVdlFHQSD1QDY/yP+1EQ//d8729LU4WmgHImBBbNZ dBehB+VCnJJb3qFwkFbEJVYuDcHLMZaKx1tqhj1X/fFbAvuUDP+jVaLZNzz6mE9YG0v7MYfwh ltMxV40/8b7TsNloSC5+g/vDSJ6uItmMyj+e6LfOty7fmyT2FA4EstArnhgE3NnADfuCwEjEj zTrHYpYX/uDblNczrUannK03o4W10iAyw1/XOaEJVLR0nZBRbByigd+lLlH7gvjPMHNRmGn1t xahReQPoQuAJ1FnHe8GlP0Tx4SjZPooGg1tHcmfQAiMv7xxx2IvsNDzVJXsyUeJZPvsX2iNZ9 Ti75tSurvnX2CLjIZuJb6KmhiMTJDD6ljVYr8+PuP4Yw/YHOhh0NfkXRq9uHxdxdlmZoonOEx 3v0jDDgxUgq66EEGz5YRNxLccX+U+qHwUbh5PkVeZKljDbL77/xNZ2HMlu0a0J+y00WkjwSAx DwfoLvNFHNgrLyMzHh7vmb3HnsPkKbz803vlpgakDd7uW8XUj5vuUHQyxG2ZtcUSBLnxKhu2q rSP0KlEDpFzzXXHfCtHeUhNcf1gyNH2Gb1qDzBW8aV+lG5Rb8PPyD+MB2q4L+pjTTvFo0/rRA WLC4iUurdmGt1TvS3j6jufFavfT8yBOf/SCsU36QyB/aBJdRPI6Ht+rYHEo4+7emuG+E7uywW Ils0qLgrQogScQAh2GwHzDwRUpevnvicJVNLPmVHleulSkYYyHitHom+UDi8VniJHru7aDw7F 55ksjtK0LIZHAsIvl7PUK/F5Xy+C7v/AhCd82s7N/kyNbsj6ysO3bctX+FlGricfO9kUowhDx oTGoUJIu6/AaP8hmV4y5n4l74i1jVrynq58nI65r46RWwluPMSIPHfHL1t7CvSP55yprzay63 e3xJcGVeJg0IA7jd+GTYXHUt3qJsSk8q0U0XoJW8kcaU4VZF7ZCG4qnaRCdeNhP+J2YMAV3xi /regM2HH5XqF7b1AUwvVsLFZpFJWIrkI5UbV3aA+JW+d8Ix5aKq4u5MDgqrnET5FKZ3tf/OM7 lEivSsVBXsMzZOTUuc4Q5FuGA7GNCZ5MLqm7JLHcCSEJ4o3M0rrO3c5Uj3GqCdfQkeo65H6tY EzIGO43IawhmginYeq491MxC+N35W9Pi68lJPlu8QbFALwktXhVyH48ClFbooNM6fV5b7Tq+k gsLKC4+hEYVwjXivwVPWhnT6sQ4qplA4m3BwrrFsiG4L4/d8GINZYOPNgtjBaQbiphTg2B8N/ qlJhnZW5bWKtFPGvi/bjPx1qFpT9UAREJ65Ods5Rsjt+qj7FQGZCQyNDsb3OpMXzz5w+RCWI5 /MEm8V/MQObS4Jg+h8v5GLpmKYLIU9BgqFNrWmp6v4+I0XpXid0bYT6a1aZzApsGgnjrf+vlI 282S5t9Z/XGlOCRHtvTfm/39XTo4mwPNf+BfN4b0OYV14LEw/Lcyh+HZp/m+M7hZrL7jyUrws 1r9UwSvrMr7XIAwTNqKfFpxC/VIsBE7hxYPpikYFvPrREHFG/qHPM+C0DopTQsgZ6P9kKOn3n U36oRCEP93FXkOVzUjoWyqz+U6axKj5zlWSDLYp91Kbykb9x+z44snfqDD2lsvycoyCrlxEWL u/E40P0g01H6/EVOKYWEVJ//qk7xcXnjL/f7/6HZboxcyOaMy1SHq0ydTLoW6HiXn880MqKA5 hUk41SOr0FXSsUlzeLpwvmkGJj5F/6w/gCRnby7lz6qsizlRyR8ybIB60dSp7XPtn293aNRrp OnIe39/zMOLa6f2asCQ27hsSAb+pglSHL+dfFHcKU9v2ZRq5sgi3sZ8oiySF709b8CIwF68kZ WETFLluhAztz/xcl0CtzE4CTv4rHFRt41BrRt0wCom0IVX2sv0Jf1HdS+bgpCKV9PljrQCymB wyHF3qGlCf+xQf3tqLDtHhEkgMGK/oYjb+x2/m2gtbLBSxMEllFg3I4Jr93wVcXYSg+gJqcve oyUIvMYeEZ8U3CWXaeSoGkLkMvyXHK9hGjTDGPVwG4d9/HkvFORmedjtYBXR05ak4UnVsphk9 PHpukn1/9FEQeEYatHW0h/WS7BkhPgqVADWGLYs0fxLzX0/AHtuvS5tWlEwZiydBLC8PR1m8e 4bp2ujL1JNoHNagSAOd6/iv8FBmsZ788Q+/IKCOxUu+S0baclqqT9EViO+wEkKb3KPu787vfj utXK9tRtfnTYbnscSoIwCVOC694N5wzBVhjSYe89cepI3Wsbr12NxVHvfG41M6qO0CJiA4C9L 3a9qPBCaZaO25BraMLmEgSlqWWS6HNcyKR/xX2459L53CFrWtdcGxwfRGTaAR++bpJm7wulY6 FJxhgDPL6X8XWtPSswqwWLAEwbXDnYdSlHeCrdv20KplBWlNcQA3Gw5HcAcITq2IEXzqiVflK 5PW/A261SawVMOQ+aHOt9Jf0p+fTXwn77tyaSkG74+eVjk+939J3tZ9P9I5k8DKCktvRs7xtI Zyo8qLKFGUlmeLLuKzp8z3+LoSSMf6/QZnmiQEtvHvwytbG/af5rgLi2wBH4pxdWZOpSQ+dvo Vwvk09bv3mkKIAkGkWi+QU/QnRCSJcn6Ej/hBqQNMA3qYmprTqPw8eXOO1Ep3F197ix1x0TX6 3bSdp0JaNkAhHAaFI/mUzgJiJvXs0o8DMw9/dUukcCTnsLGSwPeegxtF7N6xcjmA2sYxrH/du vkZKQL7kcRWMNSDPrnkM2JKB5GAYtfaSmcjTmPZkndep8+j716JNFiZ2ATplluG5Mdqd+ak94 SWGn8xDQFBEPmlXPqxkAZyYC67af4Wr3bIWmBGKdLh/ypJJ8MlxySMGjnSiMZBJkt7u5v+PTZ E5aFZ6puvazRG5ETqLJC+DcLDbIXensNBUgkxBrijaf/pjsSVbLcAzIt0EI8ijUdmcrPpRNmB 6dWtNKlmdBJLYYER65QKwUap6qGpaZjnTpAcDWpKaSkW0CJWuT5FGCWtFw4D3AxJlhMHPR6Wc qqIiGXSk4VEKwOngKUm6UMqGlQ/cafBNIufBAxzirgxpjWTUSAZFIc9JGxHLP/RQUGV0Wcqed DG2AqNwelAdLOqjg8KMQ81VE31l8I6OxDUTz7gAGD6PjE8xq1rMvvKYpXYwfEzvoBHvF6l3X9 ERRWxr2fcBUcBK4yCDfjp8+QN1YHXRtFiTqWdg71TxIT4xQF4cEYlh8gPIP/nDj8zHJNyFE1t IkIeBm9BjlSenhRwNzZ5Mx5sthiPjhcJ9zO+FxUMURKbDNlOVrpD6d6QSRM3jc7i1wu7hVtR3 rBD5M++1rOaPQ+owLOrKT9UtJpxv/FMV5fBD1WMXJq2WQysrtEO+tUjk2BtrOlEfrhg2Tk0EY vzEhdQsotYv+D2+w6v/a66C1oKd3DIlkkrjBk13y8UUKgOrjCf25ZYaW58wB81gAJkQ8TZvGX rk6oGojU/GKfcoEkq1MebgmiRtxAYOrs+My+8wnNOY2cTC257drKYqypTpGzcwIZ60jXFoNNT DJ80QO0jUNVu4ZMF0/98ZO+H7eQpV8zrCd2qwk7HjKcvlWKzu+ZyB3Zovqth/jj0gApu3DjLO Xvcw9fJC7SjUSchn9kG3B1KMsMb/MI2aLf99RLc8DO/5X3ldw1dxcVnwlfJ7V017qo7/itT5K /YiPNeOW2/d/cLPsUILRTvdW0d3vWGRdhJCU5ZeumfRygMRZ8MPUku7te3h3yg8Ve0QumkKIv H9GXA+HbUmmvydSmvVxFRlwqxn3bn6feSHVOTGG7Evv7X6VK6vtRjYwG8Cu8JpiC3z4Y+7mmg +G6I0W2dY3aQAKGEw3v6NdZ1onYgbmAxJPN6nLnXz7u49y/B45PC3fP6wF+EoDtN/pLH+ihO/ vcBDvDAtCq+DBCuN7e4P/z1SwIqv1HCAvqjv0vA9OGK+YX/DeWQwzDyElRlghOpjaVy7ajKso Xloea6yXS9QEYbD3kiF9Qb6owntZG2MXRjy5NfQyELfKXjlbioi7RTHQaoXWdQdKgJEowSi6j GW2N1wfB7zBllPhriZS8Gm6afBt6I1845cpQJf199iWa0BbAuiZn+WHxLaCK6OySv76Y7qd6I cMQsPRpJk6H/j37bHg60gsObPy0TD9yH7KW3TnhJq X-BeenThere: dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Direct Rendering Infrastructure - Development List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dri-devel-bounces@lists.freedesktop.org Sender: "dri-devel" On 8/31/26 16:45, Alan Mackenzie wrote: > On Mon, Aug 31, 2026 at 08:20:10 +0200, Thomas Zimmermann wrote: >> Am 29.08.26 um 16:39 schrieb Alan Mackenzie: >>>> This has nothing to do with KDE or Gnome, if you have issues with tho= se >>>> projects, please take it up with them and contribute to them to resol= ve >>>> those issues. I know they can always use the help. >=20 >>> My point is that the kernel's console is rock solid and dependable. >=20 >> That is a bold statement. >=20 > I've been using the console for around 28 years, now. I don't recall it > crashing at all. My current font and keyboard files are in exactly the > same form as they were 28 years ago. These formats are stable and > dependable. >=20 >> I've spend the last years working on related code (fbcon) and it >> mostly feels dated and unmaintained. Our prime implementation (again >> fbcon) has been de-facto unmaintained for years. We recently had >> contributors who are pushing the ioctls semantics and found bugs in >> fbcon for a number of corner cases. >=20 > Something like: >=20 > commit ef7656e85f1a4400999625cd398b655517368e7e > Author: Zizhi Wo > Date: Wed Jul 29 10:12:04 2026 +0800 >=20 > fbdev: Fix out-of-bounds access when rotating console after font re= size >=20 >>> Things like kmscon are subject to the vagaries of fashion. >=20 >>>>> As is clear, I think the console's limitations should be eliminated. >=20 >>>> And the rest of us feel the kernel console's code should be eliminate= d >>>> entirely, when ever possible :) >=20 >>> The rest of you don't appear to be console users. It's easy to advoca= te >>> for removal when you don't use it yourself. >=20 >> FTR I'm not at all interested in eliminating the kernel's console. >=20 > Other people, in particular Greg KH, have said this is the current aim. > I'm worried for myself. It is far from clear that there is a suitable > replacement for the kernel's console, and its elimination could easily > happen without that replacement. I suppose I could always (laboriously) > maintain the console for myself personally. Or there's always the BSDs. > I just don't know what I'd do. Alan, I really appreciate your efforts to enhance the kernel console code! And I'm not interested to eliminate the kernel console either. >> But there are must-have features and nice-to-have features. IMHO for >> the kernel console i18n really belongs in the later category. >=20 > It's 2026, four decades after VGA was the latest thing, and Unicode > support is merely a nice-to-have? No. IMHO Unicode support would be great. Thanks! Helge