Re: [PATCH] lib: remove FBCON dependency for fonts

On Fri, Mar 7, 2014 at 11:47 AM, David Herrmann [off-list ref] wrote:

quoted

Without the "depends on FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE", people who don't
have FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE set, but have set any of these:

config EARLY_PRINTK_EFI
    select FONT_SUPPORT

config VIDEO_VIVI
    select FONT_SUPPORT
    select FONT_8x16

config SOLO6X10
    select FONT_SUPPORT
    select FONT_8x16

config USB_SISUSBVGA
    select FONT_SUPPORT
    ...
    select FONT_8x16

config SGI_NEWPORT_CONSOLE
    select FONT_SUPPORT

config STI_CONSOLE
    select FONT_SUPPORT

will now get more (unused) fonts in their kernel image.

Why would they get more unused fonts? All those fonts are "default n"
(except for some arch-specific stuff and 8x8 and obviously 8x16). I

So they get the 8x8 and the arch-specific ones by default (FONTS=n).

don't mind if we drop this, but it makes font-selection impossible if
fbcon is disabled, which is kinda unexpected.

IIRC, drivers that "select FONT_8x16" have the font name hardcoded in
the driver, so allowing to select more fonts doesn't gain anything for them.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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