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authorNicolas Pitre <nicolas.pitre@linaro.org>2018-07-18 03:02:42 +0200
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>2018-07-21 09:18:27 +0200
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vt: add /dev/vcsu* to devices.txt
Also mention that the traditional devices provide glyph values whereas /dev/vcsu* is unicode based. Suggested-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org> Signed-off-by: Nicolas Pitre <nico@linaro.org> Reviewed-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@glider.be> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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they are redirected through the parport multiplex layer.
7 char Virtual console capture devices
- 0 = /dev/vcs Current vc text contents
- 1 = /dev/vcs1 tty1 text contents
+ 0 = /dev/vcs Current vc text (glyph) contents
+ 1 = /dev/vcs1 tty1 text (glyph) contents
...
- 63 = /dev/vcs63 tty63 text contents
- 128 = /dev/vcsa Current vc text/attribute contents
- 129 = /dev/vcsa1 tty1 text/attribute contents
+ 63 = /dev/vcs63 tty63 text (glyph) contents
+ 64 = /dev/vcsu Current vc text (unicode) contents
+ 65 = /dev/vcsu1 tty1 text (unicode) contents
...
- 191 = /dev/vcsa63 tty63 text/attribute contents
+ 127 = /dev/vcsu63 tty63 text (unicode) contents
+ 128 = /dev/vcsa Current vc text/attribute (glyph) contents
+ 129 = /dev/vcsa1 tty1 text/attribute (glyph) contents
+ ...
+ 191 = /dev/vcsa63 tty63 text/attribute (glyph) contents
NOTE: These devices permit both read and write access.