Re: [PATCH] vgacon: Workaround for resize bug in some chipsets

[Antonino A. Daplas]

Mika Penttilä wrote:
> Antonino A. Daplas wrote:
> 
>> Bodo Eggert wrote:
>>  
>>
>>> Antonino A. Daplas <adaplas@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>   
>>>> +++ b/drivers/video/console/vgacon.c
>>>> +#define VGA_FONTWIDTH       8   /* VGA does not support fontwidths
>>>> != 8 */
>>>>     
>>> This is not true, VGA cards do support fontwidth=9, but the ninth column
>>>   
>>
>> Yes.  What it should mean is that vgacon does not support fontwidths
>> != 8.
>>
>>  
>>
> I think vgacon doesn't touch the 8/9 pixel setting, so  the fonts are hw
> extended to 9 pixels by VGA in many modes.
> 

It's not a hardware limitation, but vgacon is hardcoded to accept fonts that are
only 8 pixels wide.  You can try it by doing a setfont.

Tony
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