Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 16 Feb 2024 15:40:40 +0100 | From | Alexey Gladkov <> | Subject | Re: [RFC PATCH v1 0/5] VT: Add ability to get font requirements |
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On Fri, Feb 16, 2024 at 02:45:22PM +0100, Samuel Thibault wrote: > Alexey Gladkov, le ven. 16 févr. 2024 14:26:38 +0100, a ecrit: > > On Fri, Feb 16, 2024 at 08:21:38AM +0100, Jiri Slaby wrote: > > > On 15. 02. 24, 16:37, Alexey Gladkov wrote: > > > > We now have KD_FONT_OP_SET_TALL, but in fact such large fonts cannot be > > > > loaded. No console driver supports tall fonts. > > > > > > I thought fbcon can, no? If not, we should likely remove all the > > > KD_FONT_OP_SET_TALL checks here and there. > > > > I thought so too until kbd users started trying to use such fonts. A month > > after adding KD_FONT_OP_SET_TALL, support for large fonts was turned off > > in fbcon: > > > > https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?h=2b09d5d364986f724f17001ccfe4126b9b43a0be > > > > But I don't think we need to remove KD_FONT_OP_SET_TALL completely. Maybe > > support for large fonts can be fixed. > > Some users *need* it to be fixed, because they need large fonts to be > able to read their screen.
I totally understand that. That's why I don't think it's necessary to remove or block SET_TALL. And that's also why I added you to the thread.
-- Rgrds, legion
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