Re: [PATCHSET] PC-9800 subarch. support for 2.5.60 (12/34) console

[James Simmons]

> > --- linux/drivers/char/console_macros.h	Sat Oct 19 13:01:17 2002
> > +++ linux98/drivers/char/console_macros.h	Mon Oct 28 16:53:39 2002
> > @@ -55,6 +55,10 @@
> >  #define	s_reverse	(vc_cons[currcons].d->vc_s_reverse)
> >  #define	ulcolor		(vc_cons[currcons].d->vc_ulcolor)
> >  #define	halfcolor	(vc_cons[currcons].d->vc_halfcolor)
> > +#define def_attr	(vc_cons[currcons].d->vc_def_attr)
> > +#define ul_attr		(vc_cons[currcons].d->vc_ul_attr)
> > +#define half_attr	(vc_cons[currcons].d->vc_half_attr)
> > +#define bold_attr	(vc_cons[currcons].d->vc_bold_attr)
> 
> Bah, console_macros.h should just die.

Agree. Next developement series it will.

> Please set CONFIG_KANJI in the Kconfig file and in general
> the CONFIG_KANJI usere look really messy.  I don't think it's
> easy to get them cleaned up before 2.6, you might get in contact
> with James who works on the console layer to properly integrate them.

I doubt it. The console system is designed around VGA text mode. It will 
be lots of #ifdef to get it to work. Just a bad mess. I plan someday to 
rework the console system to handle all these cases.