On Tue, 2007-04-03 at 10:06 +0600, Alexander E. Patrakov wrote: > Antonino A. Daplas wrote: > > Create a variable, default_utf8, that defines the system-wide default UTF-8 > > setting. This variable can be altered via sysfs. If the variable is > > properly > > set, this should mimimize breakage of UTF-8 encoded consoles when doing a > > reset or echo -e '\033c' and of newly opened/allocated consoles. > > > > This is based from patches by Jan Engelhardt and Paul LeoNerd Evans. > > > > Signed-off-by: Antonino Daplas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > --- > >> I think you're missing the whole point of console reset. Its purpose is > >> to force the console into a known-good state. The fewer pieces of state > >> it leaves unset, the better. To some degree it's less important what > >> that state actually is. > > > > Okay, you convinced me. Hopefully this is acceptable to all parties. > > > > Andrew, > > > > If everybody agrees, can you drop the previous patch I sent to you, and use > > this instead? > > > > Tony > > +static int default_utf8; > > +module_param(default_utf8, int, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR); > > Module parameter without description and documentation? Yes, I understand > that it is impossible to make vt a module. How about adding a line to > Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt?
I'll do that (and I'll also include Jan's palette patch) once I'm sure there's no violent objection against the change. Tony - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
