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On Wed, Dec 07, 2005 at 07:05:53PM -0500, Michael wrote:
> Hello,
>=20
> sorry for being ambiguous again - I didn't mean to say that we need
> hardware acceleration for virtual consoles - obviously we don't - but
> without it things would be slow.

And sorry if I was snarky. I found the other half of the thread _after_=20
sending that note.

> > What we need for multiple console support a la wscons's
> > Ctl-Alt-Fx is a  way for wscons to keep a cell array in memory of the
> > characters at each  location. As lines scroll, etc, the cell array is
> > manipulated as well as  the screen. Whenever we switch consoles, we
> > just redraw a different cell  array. When activity happens off-screen,
> > we only update the cell array.
>=20
> Guess what I've been writing since yesterday or so. I got annoyed enough
> by at least 4 different drivers implementing virtual consoles with more
> or less identical code to write a wrapper that does exactly what you
> describe ( instead of having it in each driver... ) and which would
> also work with ofb or any other wsdisplay driver.

WOO HOO!!!!!

Take care,

Bill

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