ACK: [X/B/D][SRU][PATCH 0/2] Enable framebuffer fonts auto selection for HighDPI screen

Connor Kuehl connor.kuehl at canonical.com
Thu Nov 7 22:56:06 UTC 2019


On 11/7/19 3:43 AM, Po-Hsu Lin wrote:
> These two patches can be cherry-picked into X/B/D
> 
> For Eoan and onward, they already have these patches.
> 
> == Test ==
> Test kernels can be found here:
> https://people.canonical.com/~phlin/kernel/lp-1851623-fb-font-detect/
> 
> Patch tested on a Dell G7 UHD laptop and it works as expected, the
> font displayed in the early boot stage (before switching to color
> frame buffer device) will be set to a more readable one.
> 
> Screenshots can be found in the attachment of the bug report.
> 
> == Regression Potential ==
> Low, this only affects the frame buffer, changing the way to decide
> which font to use.
> 
> Takashi Iwai (2):
>    fonts: Fix coding style
>    fonts: Prefer a bigger font for high resolution screens
> 
>   lib/fonts/fonts.c | 88 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------------
>   1 file changed, 45 insertions(+), 43 deletions(-)
> 

Looks a lot better, especially as higher resolutions are becoming more 
common.

Acked-by: Connor Kuehl <connor.kuehl at canonical.com>



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