On 08/10/14 10:25, Maarten ter Huurne wrote: > On Tuesday 30 September 2014 12:41:46 Tomi Valkeinen wrote: >> Hi, >> >> On 09/09/14 14:46, Maarten ter Huurne wrote: >>> This font is suitable for framebuffer consoles on devices with a >>> 320x240 screen, to get a reasonable number of characters (53x24) that >>> are still at a readable size. >>> >>> The font is derived from the existing 6x11 font, but gets 3 extra >>> lines without sacrificing readability. Also I redesigned a some glyhps >>> so they are more distinct and better fill the available space. >>> >>> Signed-off-by: Maarten ter Huurne <maarten@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >>> --- >>> >>> include/linux/font.h | 4 +- >>> lib/fonts/Kconfig | 9 + >>> lib/fonts/Makefile | 1 + >>> lib/fonts/font_6x10.c | 3086 >>> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ lib/fonts/fonts.c >>> | 4 + >>> 5 files changed, 3103 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) >>> create mode 100644 lib/fonts/font_6x10.c >> >> I think the patch is fine, but there hasn't been any comments or acks >> for this. I'm a bit reluctant to add this much data to the kernel if >> there are no users (except you) for this. > > Are you counting end users, developers or projects? We've got at least > several thousand end users in OpenDingux for Dingoo A320 and GCW Zero > combined. I could ask a few fellow developers for signed-off-by lines, if > that helps. But it's all from the same project. > > I think the font fills a space that is currently unoccupied: the 4x6 font is > space efficient but barely readable, the 8x8 font gets only 40 columns on > 320x240 and the 6x11 font doesn't use the vertical space efficiently. Ok, sounds good enough for me. Queueing for 3.18. Tomi
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