Re: Changes in Kernel

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Tue, 22 May 2001 19:20:17 +0100 (BST)

> We are interested in making some changes to the linux kernel so that it
> supports some indian type fonts on the console... so what are the special
> things that we sould take care of so that our work would be included in
> the kernel-distribution, and how do we proceed about getting it included
> in the distributions?

Are there specific reasons you cannot just use the existing ioctls to load
fonts ? The console driver already supports Klingon for example.

What are the issues - writing right - left ?

Alan

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