Re: More than 256/512 glyphs on the Liinux console

Alan Mackenzie
2025-03-04T20:31:05Z

Hello, dri-devel.

The context of the following post is a thread on Linux kernel lists where
I am proposing to extend the Linux console to handle more than 256/512
distinct glyphs.

On Fri, Feb 28, 2025 at 20:24:33 -0800, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 27, 2025 at 01:05:15PM +0000, Alan Mackenzie wrote:
> > Hello, Greg.

> > On Wed, Feb 26, 2025 at 11:09:57 +0100, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > > On Tue, Feb 25, 2025 at 04:15:38PM +0000, Alan Mackenzie wrote:
> > > > On Mon, Feb 24, 2025 at 21:08:50 +0100, Jiri Slaby wrote:

> > > > > I didn't read the thread, but are you looking e.g. for kmscon?

> > > > No, I wasn't. I was looking for a drm replacement for the
> > > > drivers/tty/vt code inside the kernel. I may have misunderstood
> > > > Greg when he referred to a replacement which uses drm.

> > > No, this is what I was referring to. Also maybe we should be
> > > asking on the drm list? The developers there were working to get
> > > rid of CONFIG_VT so I know they have plans for what they see
> > > replacing it.

Is this (still) the case? Have people on dri-devel developed a Linux
console which supersedes the code in drivers/tty/vt, or are they in the
midst of doing so?

Where can I best inform myself about this, and (possibly) install this
replacement console on my system for my own use?

Thanks for any information!

[ .... ]

> dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org is the list.

> thanks,

> greg k-h

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Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).