Bug#684223: Two console fonts show broken bar instead of a vertical line

[Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>]

reassign 684223 src:linux linux-2.6/2.6.32-45
found 684223 linux/3.5-1~experimental.1
# not obvious to me that it is a bug
severity 684223 wishlist
tags 684223 = upstream patch moreinfo
quit

Hi,

Ben Hutchings wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 07, 2012 at 10:24:22PM +0000, Bjarni Ingi Gislason wrote:

>>   The files "font_mini_4x6.c" and "font_sun8x16.c" in the
>> directory "drivers/video/console" define glyph "|" (124, 0x7C)
>> with a hole in the vertical line.
>> 
>>   Version 3.5 has the same holes.
>> 
>>   Patches:
> [...]
>
> Please send patches upstream, as explained in
> Documentation/SubmittingPatches

Bjarni, are you still interested in pursuing this?

If not, that's fine, but please do let us know so we can plan
accordingly.

Thanks,
Jonathan