Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 7 Mar 2014 11:54:29 +0100 | Subject | Re: [PATCH] lib: remove FBCON dependency for fonts | From | Geert Uytterhoeven <> |
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On Fri, Mar 7, 2014 at 11:47 AM, David Herrmann <dh.herrmann@gmail.com> wrote: >> Without the "depends on FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE", people who don't >> have FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE set, but have set any of these: >> >> config EARLY_PRINTK_EFI >> select FONT_SUPPORT >> >> config VIDEO_VIVI >> select FONT_SUPPORT >> select FONT_8x16 >> >> config SOLO6X10 >> select FONT_SUPPORT >> select FONT_8x16 >> >> config USB_SISUSBVGA >> select FONT_SUPPORT >> ... >> select FONT_8x16 >> >> config SGI_NEWPORT_CONSOLE >> select FONT_SUPPORT >> >> config STI_CONSOLE >> select FONT_SUPPORT >> >> will now get more (unused) fonts in their kernel image. > > Why would they get more unused fonts? All those fonts are "default n" > (except for some arch-specific stuff and 8x8 and obviously 8x16). I
So they get the 8x8 and the arch-specific ones by default (FONTS=n).
> don't mind if we drop this, but it makes font-selection impossible if > fbcon is disabled, which is kinda unexpected.
IIRC, drivers that "select FONT_8x16" have the font name hardcoded in the driver, so allowing to select more fonts doesn't gain anything for them.
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
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