[PATCH] video console: add 6x8 console font from linux

Tom Rini trini at konsulko.com
Tue May 12 19:09:38 CEST 2026


On Tue, May 12, 2026 at 04:38:14PM +0400, Alexey Charkov wrote:

> Small screens on the order of 256x144 pixels can't fit much text at 8x16,
> and 4x6 is virtually illegible, so add an in-between 6x8 font from Linux.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alexey Charkov <alchark at flipper.net>

The commit message needs to say what commit / release from Linux this is
taken from, and since it's not obvious what file this is based on, that
should be in the commit message and...

[snip]
> diff --git a/include/video_font_6x8.h b/include/video_font_6x8.h
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..c338377a0bd2
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/include/video_font_6x8.h
> @@ -0,0 +1,2574 @@
> +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
> +/*
> + * 6x8 bitmap font from the Linux kernel adapted for U-boot video console
> + */

here as well. Thanks!

-- 
Tom
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