Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 11 Mar 2000 22:02:16 -0500 (EST) | From | James Simmons <> | Subject | Re: 2.3.51: FBCON: driver-based default font selection broken? |
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On Sat, 11 Mar 2000, Russell King wrote:
> Hi, > > It appears that the driver-based (fb_info.fontname) default font name > selection is broken in 2.3.51. > > What is the new way to achieve this?
Since this was such a common function for drivers we made a generic verious of it. To use it you do
fbcon=font:Acorn8x8
at the boot prompt. To all fbdev driver writers the fb_info.fontname is now useless. This field is been incorporated into fbcon.c.
"Look it's a text editor, no it's a OS, no it's Emacs" James Simmons ____/| fbdev/gfx developer \ o.O| http://www.linux-fbdev.org =(_)= http://linuxgfx.sourceforge.net U
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