linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] add CONFIG_VT

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Message-ID: <46D9D587.9020605@zytor.com>
Date:	Sat, 01 Sep 2007 22:11:35 +0100
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] add CONFIG_VT_UNICODE

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, including both the virtual terminal and the keyboard
> driver.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Bill Nottingham <notting@...hat.com>

Wasn't there a patch floating around about this a couple of months ago, 
which also let you set the system-wide default via sysctl?

	-hpa
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