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SubjectRe: [patchv2 1/3] VT: Add height parameter to con_font_get/set consw operations
On Sun, Dec 18, 2022 at 01:32:10AM +0100, Samuel Thibault wrote:
> The current con_font_get/set API currently hardcodes a 32-pixel-tall
> limitation, which only dates from the old VGA hardware which could not
> handle taller fonts than that.
>
> This change just adds a vpitch parameter to release this
> constraint. Drivers which do not support vpitch != 32 can just return
> EINVAL when it is not 32, font loading tools will revert to trying 32
> and succeed.
>
> This change makes the fbcon driver consider vpitch appropriately, thus
> making it able to load large fonts.
>
> Signed-off-by: Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@ens-lyon.org>
>
> ---
> V1 -> V2: Drop (bogus) sisusb_con.c change, it is being phased out
>
> Index: linux-6.0/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c

6.0 was really old when you sent this, and because of that:

> Index: linux-6.0/drivers/usb/misc/sisusbvga/sisusb_con.c
> ===================================================================

This file is not even in the tree anymore.

Can you rebase this against 6.2-rc4 and resubmit it so that I can apply
it? As-is, it will not apply at all :(

thanks,

greg k-h

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