From: Bill Nottingham As of now, the kernel defaults to non-unicode and XLATE for the keyboard. We've been changing this in Fedora, but that requires patching the defaults in the kernel. The attached introduces CONFIG_VT_UNICODE, which sets the console in unicode mode by default on boot, including both the virtual terminal and the keyboard driver. Signed-off-by: Bill Nottingham Cc: Samuel Thibault Cc: Dmitry Torokhov Cc: Jiri Kosina Cc: Alan Cox Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton --- drivers/char/Kconfig | 17 +++++++++++++++++ drivers/char/keyboard.c | 2 +- drivers/char/sysrq.c | 4 ++-- drivers/char/vt.c | 6 +++++- drivers/char/vt_ioctl.c | 2 +- include/linux/vt_kern.h | 1 + 6 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff -puN drivers/char/Kconfig~add-config_vt_unicode drivers/char/Kconfig --- a/drivers/char/Kconfig~add-config_vt_unicode +++ a/drivers/char/Kconfig @@ -36,6 +36,23 @@ config VT If unsure, say Y, or else you won't be able to do much with your new shiny Linux system :-) +config VT_UNICODE + bool "Virtual console is Unicode by default" + depends on VT + default n + ---help--- + If you say Y here, the virtual terminal will be in UTF-8 by default, + and the keyboard will run in unicode mode. + + If you say N here, the virtual terminal will not be in UTF-8 by + default, and the keyboard will run in XLATE mode. + + This can also be changed by passing 'default_utf8=<0|1>' on the + kernel command line. + + Historically, the kernel has defaulted to non-UTF8 and XLATE mode. + If unsure, say N here. + config VT_CONSOLE bool "Support for console on virtual terminal" if EMBEDDED depends on VT diff -puN drivers/char/keyboard.c~add-config_vt_unicode drivers/char/keyboard.c --- a/drivers/char/keyboard.c~add-config_vt_unicode +++ a/drivers/char/keyboard.c @@ -1412,7 +1412,7 @@ int __init kbd_init(void) kbd_table[i].lockstate = KBD_DEFLOCK; kbd_table[i].slockstate = 0; kbd_table[i].modeflags = KBD_DEFMODE; - kbd_table[i].kbdmode = VC_XLATE; + kbd_table[i].kbdmode = default_utf8 ? VC_UNICODE : VC_XLATE; } error = input_register_handler(&kbd_handler); diff -puN drivers/char/sysrq.c~add-config_vt_unicode drivers/char/sysrq.c --- a/drivers/char/sysrq.c~add-config_vt_unicode +++ a/drivers/char/sysrq.c @@ -107,12 +107,12 @@ static void sysrq_handle_unraw(int key, struct kbd_struct *kbd = &kbd_table[fg_console]; if (kbd) - kbd->kbdmode = VC_XLATE; + kbd->kbdmode = default_utf8 ? VC_UNICODE : VC_XLATE; } static struct sysrq_key_op sysrq_unraw_op = { .handler = sysrq_handle_unraw, .help_msg = "unRaw", - .action_msg = "Keyboard mode set to XLATE", + .action_msg = "Keyboard mode set to system default", .enable_mask = SYSRQ_ENABLE_KEYBOARD, }; #else diff -puN drivers/char/vt.c~add-config_vt_unicode drivers/char/vt.c --- a/drivers/char/vt.c~add-config_vt_unicode +++ a/drivers/char/vt.c @@ -159,7 +159,11 @@ static void blank_screen_t(unsigned long static void set_palette(struct vc_data *vc); static int printable; /* Is console ready for printing? */ -static int default_utf8; +#ifdef CONFIG_VT_UNICODE +int default_utf8 = 1; +#else +int default_utf8; +#endif module_param(default_utf8, int, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR); /* diff -puN drivers/char/vt_ioctl.c~add-config_vt_unicode drivers/char/vt_ioctl.c --- a/drivers/char/vt_ioctl.c~add-config_vt_unicode +++ a/drivers/char/vt_ioctl.c @@ -1112,7 +1112,7 @@ int vt_waitactive(int vt) void reset_vc(struct vc_data *vc) { vc->vc_mode = KD_TEXT; - kbd_table[vc->vc_num].kbdmode = VC_XLATE; + kbd_table[vc->vc_num].kbdmode = default_utf8 ? VC_UNICODE : VC_XLATE; vc->vt_mode.mode = VT_AUTO; vc->vt_mode.waitv = 0; vc->vt_mode.relsig = 0; diff -puN include/linux/vt_kern.h~add-config_vt_unicode include/linux/vt_kern.h --- a/include/linux/vt_kern.h~add-config_vt_unicode +++ a/include/linux/vt_kern.h @@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ extern int unbind_con_driver(const struc extern char con_buf[CON_BUF_SIZE]; extern struct mutex con_buf_mtx; extern char vt_dont_switch; +extern int default_utf8; struct vt_spawn_console { spinlock_t lock; _