Mika Penttilä wrote:
> Antonino A. Daplas wrote:
>
>> Bodo Eggert wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Antonino A. Daplas <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> +++ b/drivers/video/console/vgacon.c
>>>> +#define VGA_FONTWIDTH 8 /* VGA does not support fontwidths
>>>> != 8 */
>>>>
>>> This is not true, VGA cards do support fontwidth=9, but the ninth column
>>>
>>
>> Yes. What it should mean is that vgacon does not support fontwidths
>> != 8.
>>
>>
>>
> I think vgacon doesn't touch the 8/9 pixel setting, so the fonts are hw
> extended to 9 pixels by VGA in many modes.
>
It's not a hardware limitation, but vgacon is hardcoded to accept fonts that are
only 8 pixels wide. You can try it by doing a setfont.
Tony
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