On Sun, Jun 25, 2000 at 15:50:58 +0100, Markus Kuhn wrote:
> This idea of a 256- or 512-element font cache for the VGA text mode has
> been proposed repeatedly over the past 6 years,
I didn't know that. I take that as a sign that the idea indeed is
possible.
> but nobody ever took it
> upon himself to actually implement it. Most likely because most people
> use xterm and not the VGA text mode console and perhaps also because it
> is likely to involve somewhat non-trivial kernel/user mode interactions,
> especially if you want to keep the large font data structures out of the
> kernel.
Yes, it would probably have been easier before kerneld was
replaced by kmod.
> What I am trying to say is: If you want to see this in the Linux console
> driver in the foreseeable future, you will most likely have to implement
> it yourself.
I would like to do that. Maybe I can, maybe not. I would like to
hear from anybody who would like to help or can give any advice.
I have never made kernel stuff before.
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