Re: CVS commit: src/sys/dev/wsfont

[Jaromir Dolecek <jdolecek%netbsd.org@localhost>]

Izumi Tsutsui wrote:
> Your change still has a problem.
> 
> When consinit() is called at the first time, uvm_init() is not called yet
> and we cannot use malloc(). So we cannot call wsfont_add0() imlicitly
> at least if ent->lockcount == 0.

What a pain.
OK, I'll back the whole data constification change off for now.

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.

Jaromir
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