Messages in this thread | | | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: Console handling (was: Re: Let's vote for PnP on 2.2) | Date | Mon, 15 Dec 1997 01:47:48 -0800 (PST) |
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> > `Linux' may have not, but `Linux/m68k' has been during the last 2 years! > > > Maybe so in the kernel level - I still remember switching between 80x25 > > "normal" console and 80x50 dosemu... that's just a font change, no timing > > changes... (nowadays using svgatextmode - different modes for different > > consoles would prolly be quite complicated with something like that, right?;) > > It's not _that_ difficult. We did it. > > It's also nice for multi-head support, since you don't want to use the same > size of console on a 14" and a 17" monitor. Yes, `Linux/m68k' does support > this too!! ;-) >
It's a pain to do on VGA hardware, however.
-hpa
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