I wonder... is this worth an entry in doc/CHANGES?

What kind of changes should be listed in that file?

Thanks.


On Wed, 28 Jul 2004 12:34:05 +0000 (UTC)
"Julio M. Merino Vidal" <jmmv@netbsd.org> wrote:

> 
> Module Name:	src
> Committed By:	jmmv
> Date:		Wed Jul 28 12:34:05 UTC 2004
> 
> Modified Files:
> 	src/sbin/wsconsctl: display.c util.c wsconsctl.h
> 	src/share/man/man4: wscons.4 wsdisplay.4
> 	src/sys/arch/i386/conf: DELPHI GENERIC GENERIC_LAPTOP GENERIC_TINY
> 	    INSTALL INSTALL_LAPTOP IOPENER LAMB SWINGER VIRTUALPC
> 	src/sys/dev/ic: pcdisplay_subr.c pcdisplayvar.h vga.c
> 	src/sys/dev/wscons: files.wscons wsconsio.h wsdisplay.c wsdisplayvar.h
> 	    wsemul_sun.c wsemul_vt100.c wsemul_vt100_chars.c
> 	    wsemul_vt100_keys.c wsemul_vt100_subr.c wsemul_vt100var.h
> 	    wsemulconf.c wsemulvar.h
> 
> Log Message:
> Implement support to dynamically change wscons console and kernel colors.
> 
> Two new ioctls are added to the wsdisplay device, named WSDISPLAY_GMSGATTRS
> and WSDISPLAY_SMSGATTRS, used to retrieve the actual values and set them,
> respectively (the name, if you are wondering, comes from "message attributes").
> 
> A new emulop is added to the underlying display driver (only vga, for now)
> which sets the new attribute for the whole screen, without having to clear
> it.  This is optional, which means that this also works with other drivers
> that don't have this new operation.
> 
> Five new kernel options have been added, although only documented in
> i386 kernels (for now):
> - WSDISPLAY_CUSTOM_OUTPUT, which enables the ioctls described above to
>   change the colors dynamically from userland.  This is enabled by default
>   in the GENERIC kernel (as well as others) but disabled on all INSTALL*
>   kernels (as this feature is useless there).
> - WS_DEFAULT_COLATTR, WS_DEFAULT_MONOATTR, WS_DEFAULT_BG and WS_DEFAULT_FG,
>   which specify the default colors for the console at boot time.  These have
>   the same meaning as the (already existing) WS_KERNEL_* variables.
> 
> wsconsctl is modified to add msg.default.{attrs,bg,fg} and
> msg.kernel.{attrs,bg,fg} to the display part, so that colors can be changed
> after boot.
> 
> Tested on NetBSD/i386 with vga (and vga in mono mode), and on NetBSD/mac68k.
> No objections in tech-kern@.
> 
> 
> To generate a diff of this commit:
> cvs rdiff -r1.4 -r1.5 src/sbin/wsconsctl/display.c
> cvs rdiff -r1.18 -r1.19 src/sbin/wsconsctl/util.c
> cvs rdiff -r1.3 -r1.4 src/sbin/wsconsctl/wsconsctl.h
> cvs rdiff -r1.22 -r1.23 src/share/man/man4/wscons.4 \
>     src/share/man/man4/wsdisplay.4
> cvs rdiff -r1.37 -r1.38 src/sys/arch/i386/conf/DELPHI \
>     src/sys/arch/i386/conf/LAMB
> cvs rdiff -r1.623 -r1.624 src/sys/arch/i386/conf/GENERIC
> cvs rdiff -r1.107 -r1.108 src/sys/arch/i386/conf/GENERIC_LAPTOP
> cvs rdiff -r1.69 -r1.70 src/sys/arch/i386/conf/GENERIC_TINY
> cvs rdiff -r1.245 -r1.246 src/sys/arch/i386/conf/INSTALL
> cvs rdiff -r1.64 -r1.65 src/sys/arch/i386/conf/INSTALL_LAPTOP
> cvs rdiff -r1.46 -r1.47 src/sys/arch/i386/conf/IOPENER
> cvs rdiff -r1.50 -r1.51 src/sys/arch/i386/conf/SWINGER
> cvs rdiff -r1.7 -r1.8 src/sys/arch/i386/conf/VIRTUALPC
> cvs rdiff -r1.26 -r1.27 src/sys/dev/ic/pcdisplay_subr.c
> cvs rdiff -r1.13 -r1.14 src/sys/dev/ic/pcdisplayvar.h
> cvs rdiff -r1.74 -r1.75 src/sys/dev/ic/vga.c
> cvs rdiff -r1.30 -r1.31 src/sys/dev/wscons/files.wscons
> cvs rdiff -r1.67 -r1.68 src/sys/dev/wscons/wsconsio.h
> cvs rdiff -r1.79 -r1.80 src/sys/dev/wscons/wsdisplay.c
> cvs rdiff -r1.27 -r1.28 src/sys/dev/wscons/wsdisplayvar.h
> cvs rdiff -r1.17 -r1.18 src/sys/dev/wscons/wsemul_sun.c
> cvs rdiff -r1.25 -r1.26 src/sys/dev/wscons/wsemul_vt100.c
> cvs rdiff -r1.9 -r1.10 src/sys/dev/wscons/wsemul_vt100_chars.c
> cvs rdiff -r1.6 -r1.7 src/sys/dev/wscons/wsemul_vt100_keys.c
> cvs rdiff -r1.16 -r1.17 src/sys/dev/wscons/wsemul_vt100_subr.c
> cvs rdiff -r1.8 -r1.9 src/sys/dev/wscons/wsemul_vt100var.h \
>     src/sys/dev/wscons/wsemulvar.h
> cvs rdiff -r1.5 -r1.6 src/sys/dev/wscons/wsemulconf.c
> 
> Please note that diffs are not public domain; they are subject to the
> copyright notices on the relevant files.
> 


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