Subject: Re: VGA driver changes for machines without built-in font
To: Izumi Tsutsui <tsutsui@ceres.dti.ne.jp>
From: Bang Jun-Young <junyoung@netbsd.org>
List: tech-kern
Date: 01/20/2003 13:40:09
On Wed, Jan 15, 2003 at 10:42:05PM +0900, Izumi Tsutsui wrote:
> - In vga_raster.c (for raster console), use wsfont for console fontset
>   rather than loading builtin font in vga_raster_init_screen().

Builtin font is used to give a user the (nearly) same look and feel as
he's running on the real text console. I think process of loading builtin
font can be skipped by checking if font is found in the ROM at boot time,
or it can be configured to do so.

Jun-Young

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Bang Jun-Young <junyoung@netbsd.org>