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Subject[PATCH 3/3] vt: add /dev/vcsu* to devices.txt
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Also mention that the traditional devices provide glyph values whereas
/dev/vcsu* is unicode based.

Suggested-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
Signed-off-by: Nicolas Pitre <nico@linaro.org>
---
Documentation/admin-guide/devices.txt | 16 ++++++++++------
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/devices.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/devices.txt
index 4ec843123c..1649117e60 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/devices.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/devices.txt
@@ -173,14 +173,18 @@
they are redirected through the parport multiplex layer.

7 char Virtual console capture devices
- 0 = /dev/vcs Current vc text contents
- 1 = /dev/vcs1 tty1 text contents
+ 0 = /dev/vcs Current vc text (glyph) contents
+ 1 = /dev/vcs1 tty1 text (glyph) contents
...
- 63 = /dev/vcs63 tty63 text contents
- 128 = /dev/vcsa Current vc text/attribute contents
- 129 = /dev/vcsa1 tty1 text/attribute contents
+ 63 = /dev/vcs63 tty63 text (glyph) contents
+ 64 = /dev/vcsu Current vc text (unicode) contents
+ 65 = /dev/vcsu1 tty1 text (unicode) contents
...
- 191 = /dev/vcsa63 tty63 text/attribute contents
+ 127 = /dev/vcsu63 tty63 text (unicode) contents
+ 128 = /dev/vcsa Current vc text/attribute (glyph) contents
+ 129 = /dev/vcsa1 tty1 text/attribute (glyph) contents
+ ...
+ 191 = /dev/vcsa63 tty63 text/attribute (glyph) contents

NOTE: These devices permit both read and write access.

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