[PATCH][DOC] Console is utf-8 by default



The console is now by default in UTF-8 mode, so let's document this.
BTW, document the needed "vt." prefix.

Signed-off-by: Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

--- Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt.orig 2007-12-26 00:01:44.000000000 +0100
+++ Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt 2007-12-23 22:56:31.000000000 +0100
@@ -527,30 +527,29 @@
Format: <area>[,<node>]
See also Documentation/networking/decnet.txt.

- vt.default_blu= [VT]
+ default_blu= [VT]
Format: <blue0>,<blue1>,<blue2>,...,<blue15>
Change the default blue palette of the console.
This is a 16-member array composed of values
ranging from 0-255.

- vt.default_grn= [VT]
+ default_grn= [VT]
Format: <green0>,<green1>,<green2>,...,<green15>
Change the default green palette of the console.
This is a 16-member array composed of values
ranging from 0-255.

- vt.default_red= [VT]
+ default_red= [VT]
Format: <red0>,<red1>,<red2>,...,<red15>
Change the default red palette of the console.
This is a 16-member array composed of values
ranging from 0-255.

- vt.default_utf8=
- [VT]
+ default_utf8= [VT]
Format=<0|1>
Set system-wide default UTF-8 mode for all tty's.
- Default is 1, i.e. UTF-8 mode is enabled for all
- newly opened terminals.
+ Default is 0 and by setting to 1, it enables UTF-8
+ mode for all newly opened or allocated terminals.

dhash_entries= [KNL]
Set number of hash buckets for dentry cache.
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