Hello, dri-devel. The context of the following post is a thread on Linux kernel lists where I am proposing to extend the Linux console to handle more than 256/512 distinct glyphs. On Fri, Feb 28, 2025 at 20:24:33 -0800, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > On Thu, Feb 27, 2025 at 01:05:15PM +0000, Alan Mackenzie wrote: > > Hello, Greg. > > On Wed, Feb 26, 2025 at 11:09:57 +0100, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > > > On Tue, Feb 25, 2025 at 04:15:38PM +0000, Alan Mackenzie wrote: > > > > On Mon, Feb 24, 2025 at 21:08:50 +0100, Jiri Slaby wrote: > > > > > I didn't read the thread, but are you looking e.g. for kmscon? > > > > No, I wasn't. I was looking for a drm replacement for the > > > > drivers/tty/vt code inside the kernel. I may have misunderstood > > > > Greg when he referred to a replacement which uses drm. > > > No, this is what I was referring to. Also maybe we should be > > > asking on the drm list? The developers there were working to get > > > rid of CONFIG_VT so I know they have plans for what they see > > > replacing it. Is this (still) the case? Have people on dri-devel developed a Linux console which supersedes the code in drivers/tty/vt, or are they in the midst of doing so? Where can I best inform myself about this, and (possibly) install this replacement console on my system for my own use? Thanks for any information! [ .... ] > dri-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx is the list. > thanks, > greg k-h -- Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).
