Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Thu, 4 Oct 2001 09:49:49 -0700 (PDT) | From | James Simmons <> | Subject | Re: Huge console switching lags |
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> > > > them. It draws pixel by pixel. Slow slow slow!!! I have developed a new > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > Where does it draw pixel by pixel?
Okay. Let me say most drivers don't take advantage of the graphics hardware to perform console operations. Instead they just draw directly to the framebuffer which can be slow.
> Yep. Vesafb started as a nice gimmick to show that it's possible, and turned > out to be a solution for yet another > we-don't-release-specs-to-OS/FS-people company.
I know. Same with OFfb.
> Euh, most fbcon-* drivers already do this. Grep for fb_write in e.g. > drivers/video/fbcon-cfb8.c and count the byte accesses (=> 0).
Yep. The new code I developed came out the merging of all the fbcon-cfb* drivers.
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