Re: [PATCH] lib: remove FBCON dependency for fonts

Geert Uytterhoeven
2014-03-07T10:54:32Z

On Fri, Mar 7, 2014 at 11:47 AM, David Herrmann <dh.herrmann@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Without the "depends on FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE", people who don't
>> have FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE set, but have set any of these:
>>
>> config EARLY_PRINTK_EFI
>> select FONT_SUPPORT
>>
>> config VIDEO_VIVI
>> select FONT_SUPPORT
>> select FONT_8x16
>>
>> config SOLO6X10
>> select FONT_SUPPORT
>> select FONT_8x16
>>
>> config USB_SISUSBVGA
>> select FONT_SUPPORT
>> ...
>> select FONT_8x16
>>
>> config SGI_NEWPORT_CONSOLE
>> select FONT_SUPPORT
>>
>> config STI_CONSOLE
>> select FONT_SUPPORT
>>
>> will now get more (unused) fonts in their kernel image.
>
> Why would they get more unused fonts? All those fonts are "default n"
> (except for some arch-specific stuff and 8x8 and obviously 8x16). I

So they get the 8x8 and the arch-specific ones by default (FONTS=n).

> don't mind if we drop this, but it makes font-selection impossible if
> fbcon is disabled, which is kinda unexpected.

IIRC, drivers that "select FONT_8x16" have the font name hardcoded in
the driver, so allowing to select more fonts doesn't gain anything for them.