Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 28 Nov 2010 09:47:38 +0100 | From | Samuel Thibault <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Kernel fbcon UNICODE font support |
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Vojtech Pavlik, le Sun 28 Nov 2010 09:15:28 +0100, a écrit : > On Sun, Nov 28, 2010 at 02:50:49PM +0800, microcai wrote: > > 2010/11/27 Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@ens-lyon.org>: > > I did more work,and found that , VGA console (non framebuffer) realy > > need 8bit/8bit attrib/char , because that's how text mode VGA cards > > interpreter them. changing to full type will break VGA drivers. > > Well, on VGA you could use the 512 glyphs available (9 bit character, 7 > bit attribute) and dynamically change the font in the video memory to > always contain the characters that you need on the screen. Chances are > that you won't need all 512 at any single time. The screen isn't that > large in classic VGA mode.
That's what the Hurd console does indeed, and that's indeed enough to be able to display all Debian Installer's dialog boxes in chinese without problems :)
> But since VGA is mostly dead these days anyway, it'd be a neat hack, but > probably not worth the effort.
Agreed, considering how bug prone it'd be.
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