Re: [PATCH] Fix to virtual terminal UTF-8 mode handling

[Paul LeoNerd Evans <leonerd@leonerd.org.uk>]

Apologies, my mail client annoyingly wrapped the patch; here it is
fixed.


diff -urN --exclude-from=diff-exclude linux-2.6.11/drivers/char/vt.c linux-2.6.11-utfswitch/drivers/char/vt.c
--- linux-2.6.11/drivers/char/vt.c	2005-05-04 02:01:08.000000000 +0100
+++ linux-2.6.11-utfswitch/drivers/char/vt.c	2005-05-07 22:41:58.000000000 +0100
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@
 #include <linux/pm.h>
 #include <linux/font.h>
 #include <linux/bitops.h>
+#include <linux/proc_fs.h>
 
 #include <asm/io.h>
 #include <asm/system.h>
@@ -162,6 +163,15 @@
 static int blankinterval = 10*60*HZ;
 static int vesa_off_interval;
 
+/*
+ * When resetting a console, do we start in UTF-8 mode or not?
+ * 0 = no, 1 = yes
+ */
+static int default_utf8_mode = 0;
+
+struct proc_dir_entry *proc_vt_dir;
+struct proc_dir_entry *proc_default_utf8_mode;
+
 static DECLARE_WORK(console_work, console_callback, NULL);
 
 /*
@@ -1472,7 +1482,7 @@
 	charset		= 0;
 	need_wrap	= 0;
 	report_mouse	= 0;
-	utf             = 0;
+	utf             = default_utf8_mode;
 	utf_count       = 0;
 
 	disp_ctrl	= 0;
@@ -2530,6 +2540,63 @@
 	reset_terminal(currcons, do_clear);
 }
 
+static int proc_write_default_utf8_mode(struct file *file, const char *buffer,
+			unsigned long count, void *data)
+{
+	char temp[16];
+	int len;
+
+	if (count > sizeof(temp)-1)
+		len = sizeof(temp)-1;
+	else
+		len = count;
+
+	if (copy_from_user(temp, buffer, len))
+		return -EFAULT;
+
+	temp[len] = 0;
+
+	/* No effect if empty or >1 character long */
+	if (temp[0] == 0 || (temp[1] != '\n' && temp[1] != 0)) {
+		return len;
+	}
+
+	/* No effect if outside the range 0<=x<=1 */
+	if (temp[0] < '0' || temp[0] > '1') {
+		return len;
+	}
+
+	default_utf8_mode = (temp[0] - '0');
+
+	return len;
+}
+
+static int proc_read_default_utf8_mode(char *page, char **start, off_t off,
+			int count, int *eof, void *data)
+{
+	return sprintf(page, "default_utf8_mode = %d\n", default_utf8_mode);
+}
+
+static int init_proc(void)
+{
+	proc_vt_dir = proc_mkdir("tty/vt", NULL);
+
+	if (!proc_vt_dir)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	proc_default_utf8_mode = create_proc_entry("default_utf8_mode", 0644, proc_vt_dir);
+
+	if (!proc_default_utf8_mode)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	proc_default_utf8_mode->owner = THIS_MODULE;
+	proc_default_utf8_mode->data = &default_utf8_mode;
+	proc_default_utf8_mode->write_proc = proc_write_default_utf8_mode;
+	proc_default_utf8_mode->read_proc = proc_read_default_utf8_mode;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 /*
  * This routine initializes console interrupts, and does nothing
  * else. If you want the screen to clear, call tty_write with
@@ -2612,6 +2679,8 @@
 
 int __init vty_init(void)
 {
+	int ret;
+
 	vcs_init();
 
 	console_driver = alloc_tty_driver(MAX_NR_CONSOLES);
@@ -2638,6 +2707,11 @@
 #ifdef CONFIG_MDA_CONSOLE
 	mda_console_init();
 #endif
+
+	ret = init_proc();
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
 	return 0;
 }
 



-- 
Paul "LeoNerd" Evans

leonerd@leonerd.org.uk
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http://www.leonerd.org.uk/

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