[PATCH][DOC] Console is utf-8 by default

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To: <linux-kernel@...>
Date: Tuesday, December 25, 2007 - 7:11 pm

The console is now by default in UTF-8 mode, so let's document this.
BTW, document the needed "vt." prefix.

Signed-off-by: Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@ens-lyon.org>

--- Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt.orig 2007-12-26 00:01:44.000000000 +0100
+++ Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt 2007-12-23 22:56:31.000000000 +0100
@@ -527,30 +527,29 @@
Format: <area>[,<node>]
See also Documentation/networking/decnet.txt.

- vt.default_blu= [VT]
+ default_blu= [VT]
Format: <blue0>,<blue1>,<blue2>,...,<blue15>
Change the default blue palette of the console.
This is a 16-member array composed of values
ranging from 0-255.

- vt.default_grn= [VT]
+ default_grn= [VT]
Format: <green0>,<green1>,<green2>,...,<green15>
Change the default green palette of the console.
This is a 16-member array composed of values
ranging from 0-255.

- vt.default_red= [VT]
+ default_red= [VT]
Format: <red0>,<red1>,<red2>,...,<red15>
Change the default red palette of the console.
This is a 16-member array composed of values
ranging from 0-255.

- vt.default_utf8=
- [VT]
+ default_utf8= [VT]
Format=<0|1>
Set system-wide default UTF-8 mode for all tty's.
- Default is 1, i.e. UTF-8 mode is enabled for all
- newly opened terminals.
+ Default is 0 and by setting to 1, it enables UTF-8
+ mode for all newly opened or allocated terminals.

dhash_entries= [KNL]
Set number of hash buckets for dentry cache.
--

To: Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@...>, <linux-kernel@...>
Date: Tuesday, December 25, 2007 - 7:45 pm

Reverse patch?

-hpa
--

To: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@...>
Cc: <linux-kernel@...>, <akpm@...>, <torvalds@...>
Date: Wednesday, December 26, 2007 - 4:32 am

Erf, yes, it looks like I modified the .orig file.... Here it is again,
in the proper way.

The console is now by default in UTF-8 mode, so let's document this.
BTW, document the needed "vt." prefix.

Signed-off-by: Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@ens-lyon.org>

--- Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt 2007-12-23 22:56:31.000000000 +0100
+++ Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt 2007-12-26 00:01:44.000000000 +0100
@@ -527,29 +527,30 @@
Format: <area>[,<node>]
See also Documentation/networking/decnet.txt.

- default_blu= [VT]
+ vt.default_blu= [VT]
Format: <blue0>,<blue1>,<blue2>,...,<blue15>
Change the default blue palette of the console.
This is a 16-member array composed of values
ranging from 0-255.

- default_grn= [VT]
+ vt.default_grn= [VT]
Format: <green0>,<green1>,<green2>,...,<green15>
Change the default green palette of the console.
This is a 16-member array composed of values
ranging from 0-255.

- default_red= [VT]
+ vt.default_red= [VT]
Format: <red0>,<red1>,<red2>,...,<red15>
Change the default red palette of the console.
This is a 16-member array composed of values
ranging from 0-255.

- default_utf8= [VT]
+ vt.default_utf8=
+ [VT]
Format=<0|1>
Set system-wide default UTF-8 mode for all tty's.
- Default is 0 and by setting to 1, it enables UTF-8
- mode for all newly opened or allocated terminals.
+ Default is 1, i.e. UTF-8 mode is enabled for all
+ newly opened terminals.

dhash_entries= [KNL]
Set number of hash buckets for dentry cache.
--

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