Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 21 Jul 2008 21:40:25 +0100 | From | Alan Cox <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] VT: Restore VT fonts on switch |
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On Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:39:44 -0400 Matthew Garrett <mjg59@srcf.ucam.org> wrote:
> Not all X drivers save and restore fonts on text VTs. Add code to the > kernel to explicitly save and restore them on VT switches.
Please explain why this cannot be done by HAL.
Please further explain the use of lock_kernel and why you think that is sufficient and safe.
For bonus points explain how the behaviour of the kmalloc failing is sufficient.
NAK
Alan
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