8,12,10,14, 9,13,11,15 };
 
 /* the default colour table, for VGA+ colour systems */
-int default_red[] = {0x00,0xaa,0x00,0xaa,0x00,0xaa,0x00,0xaa,
-    0x55,0xff,0x55,0xff,0x55,0xff,0x55,0xff};
-int default_grn[] = {0x00,0x00,0xaa,0x55,0x00,0x00,0xaa,0xaa,
-    0x55,0x55,0xff,0xff,0x55,0x55,0xff,0xff};
-int default_blu[] = {0x00,0x00,0x00,0x00,0xaa,0xaa,0xaa,0xaa,
-    0x55,0x55,0x55,0x55,0xff,0xff,0xff,0xff};
-
-module_param_array(default_red, int, NULL, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR);
-module_param_array(default_grn, int, NULL, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR);
-module_param_array(default_blu, int, NULL, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR);
+unsigned char default_red[] = {
+       0x00, 0xaa, 0x00, 0xaa, 0x00, 0xaa, 0x00, 0xaa,
+       0x55, 0xff, 0x55, 0xff, 0x55, 0xff, 0x55, 0xff
+};
+module_param_array(default_red, byte, NULL, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR);
+
+unsigned char default_grn[] = {
+       0x00, 0x00, 0xaa, 0x55, 0x00, 0x00, 0xaa, 0xaa,
+       0x55, 0x55, 0xff, 0xff, 0x55, 0x55, 0xff, 0xff
+};
+module_param_array(default_grn, byte, NULL, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR);
+
+unsigned char default_blu[] = {
+       0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0xaa, 0xaa, 0xaa, 0xaa,
+       0x55, 0x55, 0x55, 0x55, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff
+};
+module_param_array(default_blu, byte, NULL, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR);
 
 /*
  * gotoxy() must verify all boundaries, because the arguments