STRUCT VC_STATE(9)

💅 struct vc_state(9) — the Kernel API Manual era

okay bestie, so we're in the Kernel API Manual today and the topic is struct vc_state(9) — which is literally just the state of a VC. that's it, that's the vibe.

✨ NAME ✨

struct vc_state — state of a VC. short, sweet, iconic, no notes 🎀

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

struct vc_state {
    unsigned int    x, y;
    unsigned char   color;
    unsigned char   Gx_charset[2];
    unsigned int    charset         : 1;
    enum vc_intensity intensity;
    bool italic;
    bool underline;
    bool blink;
    bool reverse;
 };

look at her. main character struct. copy her exactly, no cap 🫶

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💖 Members 💖

here's the roster, and honestly everyone ate:

• x — cursor's x-position 📍
• y — cursor's y-position 📍 (yes, the partner-in-crime coordinate, we love a duo)
• color — foreground & background colors 🎨
• Gx_charset — what's G0/G1 slot set to (like GRAF_MAP, LAT1_MAP) 🔤
• charset — what character set to use (0=G0 or 1=G1) 🧚
• intensity — see enum vc_intensity for values ⭐
• reverse — reversed foreground/background colors 🔄

ngl, the struct itself also carries italic, underline, and blink — they're right there in the synopsis, slaying in plain sight. the member writeups here just don't cover them, so don't come for me, I'm only repeating what the page says 😭

🦋 Description 🦋

so why does this exist as its own whole struct instead of being glued into struct vc_data? because these members are defined separately from struct vc_data — we save & restore them at times. that's the whole reason. we stan a modular queen 👑

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

• Kernel file ./include/linux/console_struct.h
• struct vc_font(9)

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lowkey a tiny page but every single detail is here, fr fr 💅

and that's the tea — shipped from ./include/linux, dated October 2026, brought to you by the struct vc_state(9) girlies ✨💜 go read struct vc_font(9) next, iykyk 🦋