linux-kernel - Re: More than 256/512 glyphs on the Liinux console

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Message-ID: <d5e05c61-d796-4e5c-9538-a1e068631bba@kernel.org>
Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2025 21:08:50 +0100
From: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...nel.org>
To: Alan Mackenzie <acm@....de>,
 Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc: Simona Vetter <simona@...ll.ch>, linux-serial@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: More than 256/512 glyphs on the Liinux console

On 24. 02. 25, 19:22, Alan Mackenzie wrote:
> Hello, Greg.
> 
> On Sun, Feb 23, 2025 at 08:47:53 +0100, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
>> On Sat, Feb 22, 2025 at 03:36:12PM +0000, Alan Mackenzie wrote:
>>> On Sat, Feb 22, 2025 at 09:48:32 +0100, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> 
> [ .... ]
> 
>>> But I think you are also asking why I use the console at all.  That's
>>> a fair question which I'll try to answer.
> 
>> I'm not disputing using the console, it's the vt layer that I'm talking
>> about.  The DRM developers have the long-term goal of getting rid of
>> CONFIG_VT which will remove a ton of mess that we have overall.
>> DRM-based consoles should provide the same functionality that a vt
>> console does today.  If not, please let them know so that the remaining
>> corner cases can be resolved.
> 
> Does a DRM based console exist at the moment?  I spent quite some time
> looking for it yesterday, but found nothing.

I didn't read the thread, but are you looking e.g. for kmscon?

-- 
js
suse labs