From 13aa0a12183f804d95c4c5c4d09df19ea74eb424 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nicolas Pitre Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2018 21:02:42 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] 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 Signed-off-by: Nicolas Pitre Reviewed-by: Geert Uytterhoeven Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- Documentation/admin-guide/devices.txt | 16 ++++++++++------ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/devices.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/devices.txt index 4ec843123cc3..1649117e6087 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/devices.txt +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/devices.txt @@ -173,14 +173,18 @@ 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.