From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: One Thousand Gnomes Date: Thu, 02 Oct 2014 12:40:37 +0000 Subject: Re: [PATCH] fonts: Add 6x10 font Message-Id: <20141002134037.4d437d7b@alan.etchedpixels.co.uk> List-Id: References: <1410263188-10532-1-git-send-email-maarten@treewalker.org> <542A7ADA.4010500@ti.com> In-Reply-To: <542A7ADA.4010500@ti.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: Tomi Valkeinen Cc: Maarten ter Huurne , Jean-Christophe Plagniol-Villard , Geert Uytterhoeven , Apelete Seketeli , linux-fbdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, 30 Sep 2014 12:41:46 +0300 Tomi Valkeinen wrote: > Hi, > > On 09/09/14 14:46, Maarten ter Huurne wrote: > > This font is suitable for framebuffer consoles on devices with a > > 320x240 screen, to get a reasonable number of characters (53x24) that > > are still at a readable size. > > > > The font is derived from the existing 6x11 font, but gets 3 extra > > lines without sacrificing readability. Also I redesigned a some glyhps > > so they are more distinct and better fill the available space. > > > > Signed-off-by: Maarten ter Huurne > > --- > > include/linux/font.h | 4 +- > > lib/fonts/Kconfig | 9 + > > lib/fonts/Makefile | 1 + > > lib/fonts/font_6x10.c | 3086 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > lib/fonts/fonts.c | 4 + > > 5 files changed, 3103 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > create mode 100644 lib/fonts/font_6x10.c > > I think the patch is fine, but there hasn't been any comments or acks > for this. I'm a bit reluctant to add this much data to the kernel if > there are no users (except you) for this. > > So I'd like to hear at least one "yeah, I could maybe use that font" > from someone =). It only going to get linked if someone asks for it so that seems ok to me. We support a variety of panels and the like with 320x240 displays and ucLinux platforms so IMHO it makes sense to have such a font available. I am planning to use the font - just ermm.. not in Linux ;) Alan