2.6.26-rc1-git7

 drivers

 char

diff --git a/drivers/char/vt.c b/drivers/char/vt.c
index e458b08..fa1ffbf 100644
--- a/drivers/char/vt.c
+++ b/drivers/char/vt.c
@@ -2742,6 +2742,10 @@ static int con_open(struct tty_struct *tty, struct file *filp)
             tty->winsize.ws_row = vc_cons[currcons].d->vc_rows;
             tty->winsize.ws_col = vc_cons[currcons].d->vc_cols;
          }
+         if (vc->vc_utf)
+            tty->termios->c_iflag |= IUTF8;
+         else
+            tty->termios->c_iflag &= ~IUTF8;
          release_console_sem();
          vcs_make_sysfs(tty);
          return ret;
@@ -2918,6 +2922,8 @@ int __init vty_init(void)
    console_driver->minor_start = 1;
    console_driver->type = TTY_DRIVER_TYPE_CONSOLE;
    console_driver->init_termios = tty_std_termios;
+   if (default_utf8)
+      console_driver->init_termios.c_iflag |= IUTF8;
    console_driver->flags = TTY_DRIVER_REAL_RAW | TTY_DRIVER_RESET_TERMIOS;
    tty_set_operations(console_driver, &con_ops);
    if (tty_register_driver(console_driver))