Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 14 Nov 2005 00:26:18 +0200 | From | Mika Penttilä <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] vgacon: Workaround for resize bug in some chipsets |
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Antonino A. Daplas wrote:
>Bodo Eggert wrote: > > >>Antonino A. Daplas <adaplas@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> >>>+++ b/drivers/video/console/vgacon.c >>>+#define VGA_FONTWIDTH 8 /* VGA does not support fontwidths != 8 */ >>> >>> >>This is not true, VGA cards do support fontwidth=9, but the ninth column >> >> > >Yes. What it should mean is that vgacon does not support fontwidths != 8. > > > I think vgacon doesn't touch the 8/9 pixel setting, so the fonts are hw extended to 9 pixels by VGA in many modes.
--Mika
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