Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 15 Mar 2012 11:55:14 -0700 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] TTY: Wrong unicode value copied in con_set_unimap() |
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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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