kbd/kbd-1.15.2-setfont-no-cruft.patch

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Index: kbd-2.2.0/src/kdfontop.c
===================================================================
--- kbd-2.2.0.orig/src/kdfontop.c
+++ kbd-2.2.0/src/kdfontop.c
@@ -169,6 +169,23 @@ int putfont(int fd, unsigned char *buf,
return 0;
}
+#if 1
+ // We no longer try PIO_FONT* calls.
+ // A former patch even added a possible 5 seconds delay loop here, in an attempt to
+ // gain victory over kdm. We no do this fight, as it can only result in races.
+ // https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=302010
+ //
+ // Two effects:
+ // a) Without the delay loop, we are fast enough to run early.
+ // Moving setfont calls to an earlier point most likly
+ // avoids the race.
+ // b) Without the old compat calls, it should be easier to
+ // fix this in kernel side.
+ //
+ fprintf(stderr, "%s: putfont: %d,%dx%d: failed: %d\n", get_progname(), count, width, height, i);
+ perror("putfont: KDFONTOP");
+ return -1;
+#else
/* Second attempt: PIO_FONTX */
cfd.charcount = count;
cfd.charheight = height;
@@ -191,4 +208,5 @@ int putfont(int fd, unsigned char *buf,
return -1;
}
return 0;
+#endif
}