Date: Tue, 23 Feb 2021 19:05:26 +0200 From: Toomas Soome <tsoome@me.com> To: Jakob Alvermark <jakob@alvermark.net> Cc: FreeBSD Developers <developers@freebsd.org>, freebsd-current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: testers needed: loader: use display pixel density for font autoselection Message-ID: <30FE8DB4-19C4-4A7E-926C-A790562D09DC@me.com> In-Reply-To: <59877cd0-781a-4ee9-da3e-8fc80bc92f81@alvermark.net> References: <D1E0B15D-5FBF-4E20-A901-A544B4C6FF5C@me.com> <59877cd0-781a-4ee9-da3e-8fc80bc92f81@alvermark.net>
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> On 23. Feb 2021, at 17:53, Jakob Alvermark <jakob@alvermark.net> = wrote: >=20 > On 2/23/21 12:27 PM, Toomas Soome via freebsd-current wrote: >> hi! >>=20 >> I have done some work to make font pickup a bit smarter (hopefully = better;), but my own ability to test is limited to one bugged supermicro = and one MBP with retina display=E2=80=A6 >>=20 >> The phab link ishttps://reviews.freebsd.org/D28849 = <https://reviews.freebsd.org/D28849>; >>=20 >> I have built loader binaries as well (bios and uefi): >> loader_lua<http://148-52-235-80.sta.estpak.ee/loader_lua>; >> loader_lua.efi<http://148-52-235-80.sta.estpak.ee/loader_lua.efi>; >>=20 >> To test, you should remove screen.font=3D line from loader.conf and = test with different resolutions. >>=20 >> thanks, >> toomas >=20 >=20 >=20 > Hi Toomas, >=20 >=20 > I tested on five different setups. >=20 > Surface Pro 10.6"@1920x1080: >=20 > The loader menu looks different, the "FreeBSD" text is on the right = side of the screen. I think, this was the lua script bug we did fix not too long time ago. >=20 > Otherwise, the font size is what I would call a normal size. >=20 >=20 > Acer laptop 11.6"@1366x768: >=20 > Menu looks fine. Almost fills the entire screen. >=20 > The font feels a little too big. The laptop built in displays usually do not give out EDID (we get = physical dimensions from EDID), so there we fall back to try to get = 80x25 terminal method. >=20 >=20 > Thinkpad built in 13"@1920x1080: >=20 > Menu looks fine, but a little slow. >=20 > The font size is a little to big for my liking. When drm loads and = mirrors the screen to my external 27" it looks comically large. >=20 There is another issue - once DRM will kick in, we should re-consider = the console attributes, like fonts, but at this time, the kernel itself = only can use what was built in (8x16), or what loader was offering = (default if present). So it is up to user to act there. >=20 > Thinkpad external 24"@1920x1200: >=20 > Menu looks OK, uses about a quarter of the screen. >=20 > Font size is fine, but once drm loads it looks a bit squeezed (like = thin and tall), but I guess that's drm detecting the built in 1920x1080, = and the external display is stretched. >=20 >=20 > Thinkpad external 27"@3840x2160: >=20 > Menu looks OK, uses about a quarter of the screen. >=20 > Font size is fine. >=20 > Looking at the dmesg though, it says: VT(efifb): resolution 1920x1080 >=20 >=20 > Jakob >=20 Those cases .. I suppose the menu was still at left side, not in middle? = The thing there is, our menu is designed for 80x25 screen, with = respective constants.=20 many thanks for testing, toomas
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