Re: [ppc patch] fix line-wrapping

[Hollis Blanchard]

On Nov 8, 2005, at 12:20 PM, Marco Gerards wrote:

> Hollis Blanchard <address@hidden> writes:
>
> > Index: ChangeLog
> > ===================================================================
> > RCS file: /cvsroot/grub/grub2/ChangeLog,v
> > retrieving revision 1.193
> > diff -u -p -r1.193 ChangeLog
> > --- ChangeLog   7 Nov 2005 22:28:55 -0000       1.193
> > +++ ChangeLog   8 Nov 2005 04:50:12 -0000
> > @@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
> > +2005-11-03  Hollis Blanchard  <address@hidden>
> > +
> > +       * term/ieee1275/ofconsole.c (grub_ofconsole_width): New variable.
> > +       (grub_ofconsole_height): Likewise.
> > +       (grub_ofconsole_putchar): If grub_curr_x exceeds console width,
> > +       manually insert a '\n'.
>
> This won't work if the width can not be read from the firmware.  IIRC
> the pegasos has such bug.  I should have a look at that...

Well, if the firmware does not reveal the size of the console, it 
defaults to 80x24 (that's in existing code). I can't think of any 
better behavior for this case. The patch stills "works"... :)

> Feel free to apply the patch. :-)

Ok, will do.

-Hollis