Subject: Re: generic virtual consoles
To: Michael Lorenz <macallan@NetBSD.org>
From: Garrett D'Amore <garrett_damore@tadpole.com>
List: tech-kern
Date: 12/29/2005 07:56:34
Michael Lorenz wrote:
>Hello,
>
>
>
>>changed a few things:
>>- added a callback to notify the underlying driver when a screen
>> becomes visible ( or is supposed to )
>>- added some halfway sane error reporting
>>- added a flag field, so far there are two flags - one to prevent
>> redrawing in show_screen, another one to prevent free()ing the
>> screen struct ( for the initial console screen which may be
>> statically allocated )
>>- get rid of the console_screen field in vcons_data, using flags is
>> better
>>
>>
>
>Since there were no further comments - are there any objections against
>committing this and using it in macppc and sparc(64) ?
>
>have fun
>Michael
>
>
Not from me. I look forward to seeing this go in -- one less difference
I have to maintain in my tree. :-)
-- Garrett
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