linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] console - Add configurable support for console charset translation

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Message-ID: <20080603070016.GA23429@shareable.org>
Date:	Tue, 3 Jun 2008 08:00:16 +0100
From:	Jamie Lokier <jamie@...reable.org>
To:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Cc:	Tim Bird <tim.bird@...sony.com>,
	linux-tiny <Linux-tiny@...enic.com>,
	linux-embedded <linux-embedded@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] console - Add configurable support for console charset translation

H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> Tim Bird wrote:
> >With CONSOLE_TRANSLATIONS turned off, this saves about 6K
> >on my kernel configured for an ARM development board (OMAP
> >5912 OSK).  In embedded products I'm familiar with,
> >console translations are not needed.
> 
> On most embedded products I'm familiar with, you wouldn't have virtual 
> consoles at all...?

On anything with a framebuffer, VCs are quite handy for debugging.
Saving 6k won't save the world on those devices, but each little bit
helps - especially due to no-MMU fragmentation.

-- Jamie
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