linux-kernel - [PATCH][DOC] Console is utf-8 by default

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Message-ID: <20080103161754.GD4305@implementation.uk.xensource.com>
Date:	Thu, 3 Jan 2008 16:17:54 +0000
From:	Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@...-lyon.org>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	torvalds@...l.org
Subject: [PATCH][DOC] Console is utf-8 by default

The console is now by default in UTF-8 mode.
Also fix the needed "vt." prefix.

Signed-off-by: Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@...-lyon.org>

---
This documentation fix really deserves going into 2.6.24, else we'll
probably get a lot of bug reports like
http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9319
(not that we won't have any...). Maybe that should even be announced in
a more highlighted place?

--- Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt	2007-12-23 22:56:31.000000000 +0100
+++ Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt	2007-12-26 00:01:44.000000000 +0100
@@ -527,29 +527,30 @@
 			Format: <area>[,<node>]
 			See also Documentation/networking/decnet.txt.
 
-	default_blu=	[VT]
+	vt.default_blu=	[VT]
 			Format: <blue0>,<blue1>,<blue2>,...,<blue15>
 			Change the default blue palette of the console.
 			This is a 16-member array composed of values
 			ranging from 0-255.
 
-	default_grn=	[VT]
+	vt.default_grn=	[VT]
 			Format: <green0>,<green1>,<green2>,...,<green15>
 			Change the default green palette of the console.
 			This is a 16-member array composed of values
 			ranging from 0-255.
 
-	default_red=	[VT]
+	vt.default_red=	[VT]
 			Format: <red0>,<red1>,<red2>,...,<red15>
 			Change the default red palette of the console.
 			This is a 16-member array composed of values
 			ranging from 0-255.
 
-	default_utf8=   [VT]
+	vt.default_utf8=
+			[VT]
 			Format=<0|1>
 			Set system-wide default UTF-8 mode for all tty's.
-			Default is 0 and by setting to 1, it enables UTF-8
-			mode for all newly opened or allocated terminals.
+			Default is 1, i.e. UTF-8 mode is enabled for all
+			newly opened terminals.
 
 	dhash_entries=	[KNL]
 			Set number of hash buckets for dentry cache.
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