[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Markus Kuhn) wrote on 23.09.02 in <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Tomohiro KUBOTA wrote on 2002-09-11 02:46 UTC: > > - Number of characters, few hundreds is apparently too small for > > worldwide usage. > > The IBM PC text video modes are an utterly obsolete anachronism of the > days of 4 MHz CPUs and 4 kB video graphic cards. It would do far more > good than harm if Linux removed support for the graphic cards text modes > entirely, thereby eliminating the major reason for any 256/512 character > limit. Linux doesn't run any more on machines, where the text video > modes provide any noticeable performance benefit. Well, it might in the embedded case. It is probably safe to assume that anybody who wants to avoid framebuffers will not need UTF-8 support, though, so a config option for a stripped down console that way might be useful. MfG Kai -- Linux-UTF8: i18n of Linux on all levels Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/linux-utf8/
