Re: PATCH: Fix support for wide consoles in vt.c andinclude/linux/selection.h

[Benjamin Herrenschmidt]

On Fri, 2004-01-09 at 15:19, Nigel Cunningham wrote:
> Hi.
> 
> In implementing a 'nice' display for Software Suspend, some users with
> wide VTs reported problems with distortion. These changes from signed to
> unsigned int/char fixed the issue and have been tested for around a year
> (guesstimate).
> 
> The only other user of getconsxy is vc_screen.c. It might benefit from
> matching changes, although the users who reported the problem to me said
> nothing about other issues with their displays, so far as I recall.
> 
> To actually use the functions from Suspend, the functions also had to be
> made non-static. Of course I could make this into 2 patches if desired.

Also make sure you grab the console semaphore when doing those things,
or recent 2.6's (at least -mm) will probably bark on you :)

Ben.

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