linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] vt_ioctl: make VT_RESIZEX behave like VT

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Date:   Mon, 28 Sep 2020 19:59:56 +0200
From:   Martin Hostettler <textshell@...uujin.de>
To:     Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@...ove.sakura.ne.jp>
Cc:     gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, jirislaby@...nel.org,
        Peilin Ye <yepeilin.cs@...il.com>,
        syzbot <syzbot+b308f5fd049fbbc6e74f@...kaller.appspotmail.com>,
        b.zolnierkie@...sung.com, daniel.vetter@...ll.ch, deller@....de,
        syzkaller-bugs@...glegroups.com,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org, linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        George Kennedy <george.kennedy@...cle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] vt_ioctl: make VT_RESIZEX behave like VT_RESIZE

On Sun, Sep 27, 2020 at 08:46:30PM +0900, Tetsuo Handa wrote:
> VT_RESIZEX was introduced in Linux 1.3.3, but it is unclear that what
> comes to the "+ more" part, and I couldn't find a user of VT_RESIZEX.
> 

It seems this is/was used by "svgatextmode" which seems to be at
http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/utils/console/

Not sure if that kind of software still has a chance to work nowadays.

 - Martin Hostettler