As of now, the kernel defaults to non-unicode and XLATE for the keyboard.
We've been changing this in Fedora, but that requires patching the defaults
in the kernel.
The attached introduces CONFIG_VT_UNICODE, which sets the console in unicode
mode by default on boot, including both the virtual terminal and the keyboard
driver.
Signed-off-by: Bill Nottingham <[email protected]>
diff -up linux-2.6.22.noarch/drivers/char/keyboard.c.foo linux-2.6.22.noarch/drivers/char/keyboard.c
--- linux-2.6.22.noarch/drivers/char/keyboard.c.foo 2007-08-30 17:18:54.000000000 -0400
+++ linux-2.6.22.noarch/drivers/char/keyboard.c 2007-08-30 17:27:13.000000000 -0400
@@ -1366,7 +1366,7 @@ int __init kbd_init(void)
kbd_table[i].lockstate = KBD_DEFLOCK;
kbd_table[i].slockstate = 0;
kbd_table[i].modeflags = KBD_DEFMODE;
- kbd_table[i].kbdmode = VC_XLATE;
+ kbd_table[i].kbdmode = default_utf8 ? VC_UNICODE : VC_XLATE;
}
error = input_register_handler(&kbd_handler);
diff -up linux-2.6.22.noarch/drivers/char/vt_ioctl.c.foo linux-2.6.22.noarch/drivers/char/vt_ioctl.c
--- linux-2.6.22.noarch/drivers/char/vt_ioctl.c.foo 2007-08-30 17:15:45.000000000 -0400
+++ linux-2.6.22.noarch/drivers/char/vt_ioctl.c 2007-08-30 17:27:35.000000000 -0400
@@ -1070,7 +1070,7 @@ int vt_waitactive(int vt)
void reset_vc(struct vc_data *vc)
{
vc->vc_mode = KD_TEXT;
- kbd_table[vc->vc_num].kbdmode = VC_XLATE;
+ kbd_table[vc->vc_num].kbdmode = default_utf8 ? VC_UNICODE : VC_XLATE;
vc->vt_mode.mode = VT_AUTO;
vc->vt_mode.waitv = 0;
vc->vt_mode.relsig = 0;
diff -up linux-2.6.22.noarch/drivers/char/Kconfig.foo linux-2.6.22.noarch/drivers/char/Kconfig
--- linux-2.6.22.noarch/drivers/char/Kconfig.foo 2007-08-30 17:33:41.000000000 -0400
+++ linux-2.6.22.noarch/drivers/char/Kconfig 2007-08-30 17:33:46.000000000 -0400
@@ -36,6 +36,23 @@ config VT
If unsure, say Y, or else you won't be able to do much with your new
shiny Linux system :-)
+config VT_UNICODE
+ bool "Virtual console is Unicode by default"
+ depends on VT
+ default n
+ ---help---
+ If you say Y here, the virtual terminal will be in UTF-8 by default,
+ and the keyboard will run in unicode mode.
+
+ If you say N here, the virtual terminal will not be in UTF-8 by
+ default, and the keyboard will run in XLATE mode.
+
+ This can also be changed by passing 'default_utf8=<0|1>' on the
+ kernel command line.
+
+ Historically, the kernel has defaulted to non-UTF8 and XLATE mode.
+ If unsure, say N here.
+
config VT_CONSOLE
bool "Support for console on virtual terminal" if EMBEDDED
depends on VT
diff -up linux-2.6.22.noarch/drivers/char/vt.c.foo linux-2.6.22.noarch/drivers/char/vt.c
--- linux-2.6.22.noarch/drivers/char/vt.c.foo 2007-08-30 17:20:02.000000000 -0400
+++ linux-2.6.22.noarch/drivers/char/vt.c 2007-08-30 17:26:05.000000000 -0400
@@ -158,7 +158,11 @@ static void blank_screen_t(unsigned long
static void set_palette(struct vc_data *vc);
static int printable; /* Is console ready for printing? */
-static int default_utf8;
+#ifdef CONFIG_VT_UNICODE
+int default_utf8 = 1;
+#else
+int default_utf8;
+#endif
module_param(default_utf8, int, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR);
/*
diff -up linux-2.6.22.noarch/drivers/char/sysrq.c.foo linux-2.6.22.noarch/drivers/char/sysrq.c
--- linux-2.6.22.noarch/drivers/char/sysrq.c.foo 2007-08-30 17:16:20.000000000 -0400
+++ linux-2.6.22.noarch/drivers/char/sysrq.c 2007-08-30 17:26:52.000000000 -0400
@@ -107,12 +107,12 @@ static void sysrq_handle_unraw(int key,
struct kbd_struct *kbd = &kbd_table[fg_console];
if (kbd)
- kbd->kbdmode = VC_XLATE;
+ kbd->kbdmode = default_utf8 ? VC_UNICODE : VC_XLATE;
}
static struct sysrq_key_op sysrq_unraw_op = {
.handler = sysrq_handle_unraw,
.help_msg = "unRaw",
- .action_msg = "Keyboard mode set to XLATE",
+ .action_msg = "Keyboard mode set to system default",
.enable_mask = SYSRQ_ENABLE_KEYBOARD,
};
#else
diff -up linux-2.6.22.x86_64/include/linux/vt_kern.h.foo linux-2.6.22.x86_64/include/linux/vt_kern.h
--- linux-2.6.22.x86_64/include/linux/vt_kern.h.foo 2007-08-30 19:35:29.000000000 -0400
+++ linux-2.6.22.x86_64/include/linux/vt_kern.h 2007-08-30 19:35:29.000000000 -0400
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ extern int unbind_con_driver(const struc
extern char con_buf[CON_BUF_SIZE];
extern struct mutex con_buf_mtx;
extern char vt_dont_switch;
+extern int default_utf8;
struct vt_spawn_console {
spinlock_t lock;
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