Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 17 Nov 2003 13:38:05 -0500 | From | Ben Collins <> | Subject | Re: [FBDEV UPDATE] Newer patch. |
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On Thu, Oct 30, 2003 at 06:38:46PM +0000, James Simmons wrote: > > > I noticed one thing, and that is that the mach64 used to use software > > cursor it seems (I remember wondering why atyfb_cursor was never used > > anywhere). It's now using the hw cursor. > > Yeap. I'm in the process of getting several driver to use there hardware > cursors. > > > Also, I notice with this new code that the random vertical shifting of > > the console doesn't occur anymore like it does with current 2.6.0-test8 > > code. For as long as I can remember 2.6.0-test, and way back into > > 2.5.5x, this has been a problem with highly active console programs > > (mutt, vim, etc...). Good to see it's going away :) > > :-) > > I have fixed the problems you have reported. I have a newer patch. Note > this is updated with the LCD support. I like to see if the patch works on > sparc. I has updates from the latest 2.4.X kernels. Please give it a try. > > http://phoenix.infradead.org/~jsimmons/fbdev.diff.gz > > Let me know the results.
FYI, this new code is working for me on my Blade100. The cursor is much better now.
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