Bang Jun-Young wrote:
> Here is a simple benchmark result obtained with Cyrix 6x86-150 machine:
> 
> wscons:
>         $ time ls -l /usr/bin
>         real 0m0.462s
>         user 0m0.057s
>         sys  0m0.152s
> 
> new cons:
>         $ time ls -l /usr/bin
>         real 0m7.797s
>         user 0m0.080s
>         sys  0m7.694s
> 
> As seen above, it is about 17 times slower than text mode wscons.
> "Smooth Scrolling" technique might be helpful for speedup.

"Smooth Scrolling" has been implemented(!). Now scrolling is as fast as 
in text mode wscons. A new benchmark result:

$ time ls -l /usr/bin
real 0m1.153s
user 0m0.102s
sys  0m0.787s

It can be faster if i386 specific optimization is used (at the cost of
portability, though). Has anybody tried this on non-x86 platform which 
has VGA compatible display hardware?

Jun-Young

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