From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-1.web.codeaurora.org [10.30.226.201]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4397C1362; Tue, 25 Feb 2025 04:33:56 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1740458037; cv=none; b=n0iQ5XEHuxxACrE/llUJn+AshqJev1VourTgusZIovIxIocF87Hn/HOoU/OvnymMhhOjIkH6z0u6RjHccGQ8EQp2QaK3/UdIu6Lc+eRDmQpVlBSrffU3CmT9v06/Wr6eVNqItqIgP2z7cW6D6+bd487efcIhnBB02hOCFCmsrqs= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1740458037; c=relaxed/simple; bh=eUyOIgdhZEGdlkSyY9vqN1/2N2DmG9kzcX6jjLMiPEE=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; b=YSck53L33csAmJTqBAWZuPqwVsV7LeyUxoaMUKSsYn6ZvqE2TKkcEP1LtAHyQtYpbiwidZDv9PumbqbkBpNzPNgKWePFhjmE973Y/b2JDK/w9KTTHderRNj5G8oIp8/3QJCEVElIOuFAVfMcHKDUt0WajmYMUAgeU2imwJM77e0= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=linuxfoundation.org header.i=@linuxfoundation.org header.b=yrajGa6T; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=linuxfoundation.org header.i=@linuxfoundation.org header.b="yrajGa6T" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 3D683C4CEDD; Tue, 25 Feb 2025 04:33:56 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=linuxfoundation.org; s=korg; t=1740458036; bh=eUyOIgdhZEGdlkSyY9vqN1/2N2DmG9kzcX6jjLMiPEE=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=yrajGa6T5whGU5YBXQ6oD5IjJJIhgM8Tv3j2Mc3ngdVFupSoPO0178DIDpgV/bPjQ NyTvAvlyjL9THIz1KAwEiOk12eyt8P+sRqS6WgQrEo6P+BetaUs0Y5Jo0bhKj9CGDb vp3MSh6NPAB4lykGwCM9uluC6LLnNrj1kG8HADgY= Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2025 05:32:46 +0100 From: Greg Kroah-Hartman To: Jiri Slaby Cc: Alan Mackenzie , Simona Vetter , linux-serial@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: More than 256/512 glyphs on the Liinux console Message-ID: <2025022528-humble-chatter-4e7d@gregkh> References: <2025022243-street-joylessly-6dfa@gregkh> <2025022355-peroxide-defacing-4fa4@gregkh> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-serial@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: On Mon, Feb 24, 2025 at 09:08:50PM +0100, Jiri Slaby wrote: > On 24. 02. 25, 19:22, Alan Mackenzie wrote: > > Hello, Greg. > > > > On Sun, Feb 23, 2025 at 08:47:53 +0100, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > > > On Sat, Feb 22, 2025 at 03:36:12PM +0000, Alan Mackenzie wrote: > > > > On Sat, Feb 22, 2025 at 09:48:32 +0100, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > > > > [ .... ] > > > > > > But I think you are also asking why I use the console at all. That's > > > > a fair question which I'll try to answer. > > > > > I'm not disputing using the console, it's the vt layer that I'm talking > > > about. The DRM developers have the long-term goal of getting rid of > > > CONFIG_VT which will remove a ton of mess that we have overall. > > > DRM-based consoles should provide the same functionality that a vt > > > console does today. If not, please let them know so that the remaining > > > corner cases can be resolved. > > > > Does a DRM based console exist at the moment? I spent quite some time > > looking for it yesterday, but found nothing. > > I didn't read the thread, but are you looking e.g. for kmscon? Yes, that is what I was referring to, but couldn't remember the name, thanks for the pointer. greg k-h