From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@computergmbh.de>
Cc: Bill Nottingham <notting@redhat.com>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] add CONFIG_VT_UNICODE
Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2007 08:10:16 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <46E952D8.2000203@zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0709071348090.25942@fbirervta.pbzchgretzou.qr>
Jan Engelhardt wrote:
> On Aug 31 2007 16:18, Bill Nottingham wrote:
>> As of now, the kernel defaults to non-unicode and XLATE for the keyboard.
>> We've been changing this in Fedora, but that requires patching the defaults
>> in the kernel.
>>
>> The attached introduces CONFIG_VT_UNICODE, which sets the console in unicode
>> mode by default on boot, including both the virtual terminal and the keyboard
>> driver.
>
> I would prefer to:
> - make default_utf=1 in the source
> - add "default_utf8 ? VC_UNICODE : VC_XLATE" to the keyboard code
> as your patch does
> - and do away with the new CONFIG_ option, since, surprise, surprise,
> you can change it at runtime, so there is no need to do it
> at compile-time too.
>
I concur.
-hpa
prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-09-13 15:10 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-08-31 20:18 [PATCH] add CONFIG_VT_UNICODE Bill Nottingham
2007-08-31 20:24 ` Randy Dunlap
2007-08-31 20:28 ` Bill Nottingham
2007-08-31 20:33 ` Randy Dunlap
2007-09-01 21:11 ` H. Peter Anvin
2007-09-06 12:06 ` Jan Engelhardt
2007-09-06 14:06 ` H. Peter Anvin
2007-09-07 0:26 ` Bill Nottingham
2007-09-07 11:47 ` Jan Engelhardt
2007-09-07 11:49 ` Jan Engelhardt
2007-09-13 15:10 ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
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