Subject: Re: CVS commit: src/sys/dev/wsfont
To: None <jdolecek@netbsd.org>
From: Izumi Tsutsui <tsutsui@ceres.dti.ne.jp>
List: source-changes
Date: 02/10/2003 22:54:30
In article <200302101333.h1ADXWJ14717@s102-n054.tele2.cz>
jdolecek@netbsd.org wrote:

> Another option would be to byte/bit swap the font when loading the
> font to adapter, i.e. in vga_loadchars() or similar routine in
> other wscons drivers. It's not like the font loading would be
> executed very frequently.

Yet another options is to add a restriction for kernel
to have at least one font which has the native byte/bit order
for its console device.

Anyway, -current wsfont_lock() should be fixed in that case
because it will call wsfont_find0() even if bito or byteo
is zero (i.e. no swap is needed).
---
Izumi Tsutsui
tsutsui@ceres.dti.ne.jp