Okay so Alan's patch handled the case where there was no registered fbcon,
however the other path entered in set_con2fb_map pit.
In there we called fbcon_takeover, but we also took the console lock in a couple
of places. So push the console lock out to the callers of set_con2fb_map,
this means
From: Dave Airlie airl...@redhat.com
When we switch from 256-512 byte font rendering mode, it means the
current contents of the screen is being reinterpreted. The bit that holds
the high bit of the 9-bit font, may have been previously set, and thus
the new font misrenders.
The problem case we
