Followup to: <[email protected]>
By author: "Antonino A. Daplas" <[email protected]>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
> >>
> >>
> > 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.
>
The *font* is always 8 pixels wide. Whether or not you display it in
8- or 9-pixel mode is irrelevant to the formatting of the font.
In general, for vgacon, it should use the 9-pixel mode, at least by default.
-hpa
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