Re: [PATCH] add CONFIG_VT_UNICODE

2007-09-13 Thread H. Peter Anvin
Jan Engelhardt wrote: > On Aug 31 2007 16:18, Bill Nottingham wrote: >> As of now, the kernel defaults to non-unicode and XLATE for the keyboard. >> We've been changing this in Fedora, but that requires patching the defaults >> in the kernel. >> >> The attached introduces CONFIG_VT_UNICODE, which s

Re: [PATCH] add CONFIG_VT_UNICODE

2007-09-07 Thread Jan Engelhardt
On Aug 31 2007 16:18, Bill Nottingham wrote: > >As of now, the kernel defaults to non-unicode and XLATE for the keyboard. >We've been changing this in Fedora, but that requires patching the defaults >in the kernel. > >The attached introduces CONFIG_VT_UNICODE, which sets the console in unicode >mo

Re: [PATCH] add CONFIG_VT_UNICODE

2007-09-07 Thread Jan Engelhardt
On Sep 6 2007 15:06, H. Peter Anvin wrote: >> sysfs, and you were on the discussion (your idea won, basically) >> And the way I see it, it got merged. >> Commit 042f10ec6533e53181284c96d22ae051e49ac707 >> >> As I further see it, this CONFIG_VT_UNICODE patch defines the starting value >> for t

Re: [PATCH] add CONFIG_VT_UNICODE

2007-09-06 Thread Bill Nottingham
H. Peter Anvin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) said: > Hmmm... > > Personally I'd suggest making it the default unless overridden in > /etc/sysctl.conf. My second preference would be a command-line option, not > a compile-time default. > > This is 2007, after all, and it seems Unicode should be the default

Re: [PATCH] add CONFIG_VT_UNICODE

2007-09-06 Thread H. Peter Anvin
Jan Engelhardt wrote: sysfs, and you were on the discussion (your idea won, basically) And the way I see it, it got merged. Commit 042f10ec6533e53181284c96d22ae051e49ac707 As I further see it, this CONFIG_VT_UNICODE patch defines the starting value for the default. E.g. CONFIG_VT_UNICODE

Re: [PATCH] add CONFIG_VT_UNICODE

2007-09-06 Thread Jan Engelhardt
On Sep 1 2007 22:11, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > Bill Nottingham wrote: >> As of now, the kernel defaults to non-unicode and XLATE for the keyboard. >> We've been changing this in Fedora, but that requires patching the defaults >> in the kernel. >> >> The attached introduces CONFIG_VT_UNICODE, which

Re: [PATCH] add CONFIG_VT_UNICODE

2007-09-01 Thread H. Peter Anvin
Bill Nottingham wrote: As of now, the kernel defaults to non-unicode and XLATE for the keyboard. We've been changing this in Fedora, but that requires patching the defaults in the kernel. The attached introduces CONFIG_VT_UNICODE, which sets the console in unicode mode by default on boot, includ

Re: [PATCH] add CONFIG_VT_UNICODE

2007-08-31 Thread Randy Dunlap
Bill Nottingham wrote: Randy Dunlap ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) said: A diffstat would be nice. Sure. linux-2.6.22.noarch/drivers/char/Kconfig| 17 + linux-2.6.22.noarch/drivers/char/keyboard.c |2 +- linux-2.6.22.noarch/drivers/char/sysrq.c|4 ++-- linux-2.6.22.noa

Re: [PATCH] add CONFIG_VT_UNICODE

2007-08-31 Thread Bill Nottingham
Randy Dunlap ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) said: > A diffstat would be nice. Sure. linux-2.6.22.noarch/drivers/char/Kconfig| 17 + linux-2.6.22.noarch/drivers/char/keyboard.c |2 +- linux-2.6.22.noarch/drivers/char/sysrq.c|4 ++-- linux-2.6.22.noarch/drivers/char/vt.c

Re: [PATCH] add CONFIG_VT_UNICODE

2007-08-31 Thread Randy Dunlap
On Fri, 31 Aug 2007 16:18:20 -0400 Bill Nottingham wrote: > As of now, the kernel defaults to non-unicode and XLATE for the keyboard. > We've been changing this in Fedora, but that requires patching the defaults > in the kernel. > > The attached introduces CONFIG_VT_UNICODE, which sets the consol

[PATCH] add CONFIG_VT_UNICODE

2007-08-31 Thread Bill Nottingham
As of now, the kernel defaults to non-unicode and XLATE for the keyboard. We've been changing this in Fedora, but that requires patching the defaults in the kernel. The attached introduces CONFIG_VT_UNICODE, which sets the console in unicode mode by default on boot, including both the virtual term