Subject: Re: Mouse console support
To: None <tech-kern@netbsd.org>
From: Julio Merino <juli@merino.net>
List: tech-kern
Date: 02/02/2002 10:48:11
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On Sat, Feb 02, 2002 at 02:31:36PM +0900, Bang Jun-Young wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 02, 2002 at 01:28:43AM +0100, Lennart Augustsson wrote:
>=20
> What I had in mind was:
>=20
> - If the underlying driver has scrollback support, utilize it for
>   performance (if (scrollback)).
> - It not, use the default MI wscons scrollback function (!scrollback).

This seems a good idea to me, though doing scrollback does not need
high performance.

>=20
> I remember I was surprised by strong objections to this small
> feature some time ago, so I'm worried about the Second Scrollback
> World Flamewar to come.

Heh, I didn't read first. But... this thing can be made _optional_,
as everything else in the kernel...

Regards

>=20
> Jun-Young
>=20
> --=20
> Bang Jun-Young <junyoung@mogua.com>

--=20
Of course it runs NetBSD - http://www.netbsd.org
Julio Merino (Slink) <juli@merino.net>

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