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SubjectRe: [Linux-fbdev-devel] fbcon scrolling + initialisation oddity
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On Mon, 2003-01-20 at 04:03, Russell King wrote:
> 1. YWRAP scrolling.
>
> There appears to be something weird going on with fbcon scrolling in 2.5.59
> when using YWRAP. The best example is what happens when scrolling a large
> file (say, /etc/termcap) in less.
>
> While scrolling down in the file, the screen scrolls correctly for the
> most part. At some point, the screen stops scrolling and the last line
> which normally displays the less prompt character ":" is replaced by
> the next line of text. Continuing to scroll down produces no visible
> changes.
>
> Once enough scrolling has occurred, suddenly the screen jumps and we get
> the proper text displayed.
>
> Also, if you scroll line by line until the ":" is replaced by text as
> above, scrolling back up one line replaces the ":" and scrolling upwards
> scrolls the screen up correctly.
>
> As an additional behaviour point, if you scroll down until the ":" just
> disappears and then some extra lines, hit 'q' to exit less, followed by
> ^L, most of the screen is cleared, except for the very top few lines.
> I haven't checked, but I suspect the number of lines left at the top of
> the screen is equal to the number of lines we're off the bottom of the
> screen.
>

fb_pan_display() does not test for YWRAP. Can you try this?

Tony

diff -Naur linux-2.5.59/drivers/video/fbmem.c linux/drivers/video/fbmem.c
--- linux-2.5.59/drivers/video/fbmem.c 2003-01-20 01:10:12.000000000 +0000
+++ linux/drivers/video/fbmem.c 2003-01-20 01:14:27.000000000 +0000
@@ -724,11 +724,15 @@
{
int xoffset = var->xoffset;
int yoffset = var->yoffset;
+ int ybottom = var->yoffset;
int err;

+ if (!(var->vmode & FB_VMODE_YWRAP))
+ ybottom += info->var.yres;
+
if (xoffset < 0 || yoffset < 0 || !info->fbops->fb_pan_display ||
xoffset + info->var.xres > info->var.xres_virtual ||
- yoffset + info->var.yres > info->var.yres_virtual)
+ ybottom > info->var.yres_virtual)
return -EINVAL;
if ((err = info->fbops->fb_pan_display(var, info)))
return err;
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