From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To: Matthew Garrett <mjg59@srcf.ucam.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] VT: Restore VT fonts on switch
Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2008 21:40:25 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20080721214025.32bb2629@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E1KL0tq-0001Wk-Ny@critter.phunnypharm.org>
On Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:39:44 -0400
Matthew Garrett <mjg59@srcf.ucam.org> wrote:
> Not all X drivers save and restore fonts on text VTs. Add code to the
> kernel to explicitly save and restore them on VT switches.
Please explain why this cannot be done by HAL.
Please further explain the use of lock_kernel and why you think that is
sufficient and safe.
For bonus points explain how the behaviour of the kmalloc failing is
sufficient.
NAK
Alan
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-07-21 20:58 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-07-21 19:39 [PATCH] VT: Restore VT fonts on switch Matthew Garrett
2008-07-21 20:40 ` Alan Cox [this message]
2008-08-08 9:32 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2008-07-21 20:43 ` Arjan van de Ven
2008-07-21 20:53 ` Ben Collins
2008-07-21 21:12 ` Alan Cox
2008-07-21 21:37 ` Matthew Garrett
2008-07-21 21:24 ` Alan Cox
2008-08-08 7:49 ` Pavel Machek
2008-07-21 21:23 ` Arjan van de Ven
2008-07-21 21:40 ` Ben Collins
2008-07-21 22:18 ` Arjan van de Ven
2008-07-21 22:29 ` Ben Collins
2008-07-21 20:54 ` Jan Engelhardt
2008-07-22 7:59 ` Arkadiusz Miskiewicz
2008-08-08 7:44 ` Pavel Machek
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