Re: [PATCH] vt: Add enable module parameter

[Jocelyn Falempe]

On 26/01/2026 18:24, Nicolas Pitre wrote:
> On Mon, 26 Jan 2026, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
>
> > On Mon, Jan 26, 2026 at 02:05:36PM +0100, Jocelyn Falempe wrote:
> > > I think that one of the reason, is that if you switch off VT, of course some
> > > users will complain, as it has a lot of implications.
> >
> > Again, that's a distro's policy decision to make, don't force the kernel
> > to support a wishy-washy distro's decision :)
>
> As a daily VT user for my primary Linux interface due to accessibility
> needs, I'm baffled by the idea of distributions removing this support.
>
> Of course this has lots of implications. For many users with
> disabilities, VT is not optional - it's the only _fully_ usable
> interface.
>
> Consider this my official objection. Just don't do that.

That patch is clearly for people like you, that will need more time to 
adapt their tools and workflow to a VT-less system.
It's also less practical to develop alternative, if you need to rebuild 
your kernel to disable VT.
Regarding accessibility, I don't see any technical reason why a VT-less 
system would be less efficient that what is currently available with VT.

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Jocelyn

> Nicolas