From: Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@ens-lyon.org>
To: Alexey Gladkov <legion@kernel.org>
Cc: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@kernel.org>,
LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v1 0/5] VT: Add ability to get font requirements
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2024 14:45:22 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20240216134522.s6d22mljxyfd3fsx@begin> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Zc9ijvUofv4PCLw_@example.org>
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.
Samuel
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-02-16 13:45 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 56+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-02-15 15:37 [RFC PATCH v1 0/5] VT: Add ability to get font requirements Alexey Gladkov
2024-02-15 15:37 ` [RFC PATCH v1 1/5] VT: Add KD_FONT_OP_GET_INFO operation Alexey Gladkov
2024-02-15 15:37 ` [RFC PATCH v1 2/5] newport_con: Allow to get max font width and height Alexey Gladkov
2024-02-15 15:37 ` [RFC PATCH v1 3/5] sticon: " Alexey Gladkov
2024-02-16 7:10 ` Jiri Slaby
2024-02-16 13:03 ` Alexey Gladkov
2024-02-15 15:37 ` [RFC PATCH v1 4/5] vgacon: " Alexey Gladkov
2024-02-15 15:37 ` [RFC PATCH v1 5/5] fbcon: " Alexey Gladkov
2024-02-16 7:21 ` [RFC PATCH v1 0/5] VT: Add ability to get font requirements Jiri Slaby
2024-02-16 13:26 ` Alexey Gladkov
2024-02-16 13:45 ` Samuel Thibault [this message]
2024-02-16 14:40 ` Alexey Gladkov
2024-02-21 7:04 ` Jiri Slaby
2024-02-26 15:21 ` [RFC PATCH v2 " Alexey Gladkov
2024-02-26 15:21 ` [RFC PATCH v2 1/5] VT: Add KD_FONT_OP_GET_INFO operation Alexey Gladkov
2024-02-26 15:21 ` [RFC PATCH v2 2/5] newport_con: Allow to get max font width and height Alexey Gladkov
2024-02-26 15:21 ` [RFC PATCH v2 3/5] sticon: " Alexey Gladkov
2024-02-27 5:52 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2024-02-27 14:06 ` Alexey Gladkov
2024-02-26 15:21 ` [RFC PATCH v2 4/5] vgacon: " Alexey Gladkov
2024-02-26 15:21 ` [RFC PATCH v2 5/5] fbcon: " Alexey Gladkov
2024-03-12 14:23 ` [PATCH v3 0/2] VT: Add ability to get font requirements legion
2024-03-12 14:23 ` [PATCH v3 1/2] VT: Add KDFONTINFO ioctl legion
2024-03-15 9:15 ` Helge Deller
2024-03-12 14:23 ` [PATCH v3 2/2] VT: Allow to get max font width and height legion
2024-03-13 17:40 ` Oleg Bulatov
2024-04-02 11:09 ` Jiri Slaby
2024-03-15 9:16 ` Helge Deller
2024-04-02 10:32 ` [RESEND PATCH v3 0/2] VT: Add ability to get font requirements Alexey Gladkov
2024-04-02 10:32 ` [RESEND PATCH v3 1/2] VT: Add KDFONTINFO ioctl Alexey Gladkov
2024-04-02 11:02 ` Jiri Slaby
2024-04-02 13:19 ` Alexey Gladkov
2024-04-03 5:27 ` Jiri Slaby
2024-04-10 16:29 ` Alexey Gladkov
2024-04-10 17:11 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2024-04-02 17:50 ` [PATCH v4 0/3] VT: Add ability to get font requirements Alexey Gladkov
2024-04-02 17:50 ` [PATCH v4 1/3] VT: Use macros to define ioctls Alexey Gladkov
2024-04-02 17:50 ` [PATCH v4 2/3] VT: Add KDFONTINFO ioctl Alexey Gladkov
2024-04-03 4:55 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2024-04-03 5:05 ` Jiri Slaby
2024-04-10 16:36 ` Alexey Gladkov
2024-04-11 3:53 ` Jiri Slaby
2024-04-02 17:50 ` [PATCH v4 3/3] VT: Allow to get max font width and height Alexey Gladkov
2024-04-17 17:37 ` [PATCH v5 0/3] VT: Add ability to get font requirements Alexey Gladkov
2024-04-17 17:37 ` [PATCH v5 1/3] VT: Use macros to define ioctls Alexey Gladkov
2024-04-18 6:18 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2024-04-17 17:37 ` [PATCH v5 2/3] VT: Add KDFONTINFO ioctl Alexey Gladkov
2024-04-17 19:31 ` Helge Deller
2024-04-18 10:45 ` Alexey Gladkov
2024-04-25 10:33 ` Helge Deller
2024-04-25 11:06 ` Alexey Gladkov
2024-04-25 11:35 ` Helge Deller
2024-04-18 6:18 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman
2024-04-18 10:27 ` Alexey Gladkov
2024-04-17 17:37 ` [PATCH v5 3/3] VT: Allow to get max font width and height Alexey Gladkov
2024-04-02 10:32 ` [RESEND PATCH v3 2/2] " Alexey Gladkov
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