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SubjectRe: [PATCH] TTY: Wrong unicode value copied in con_set_unimap()
On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 10:33:29AM -0700, Liz Clark wrote:
> Bugzilla 40012: PIO_UNIMAP bug: error updating Unicode-to-font map
>
> The unicode font map for the virtual console is a 32x32x64 table which
> allocates rows dynamically as entries are added. The unicode value
> increases sequentially and should count all entries even in empty
> rows. The defect is when copying the unicode font map in con_set_unimap(),
> the unicode value is not incremented properly. The wrong unicode value
> is entered in the new font map.
>
> Signed-off-by: Liz Clark <liz.clark@hp.com>

Is this a new problem caused by recent changes in this area, or has it
always been there and needs to be backported to older kernels to solve
the problem there?

thanks,

greg k-h


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