Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: fbcon: remove soft scrollback code (missing Doc. patch) | From | Randy Dunlap <> | Date | Mon, 14 Sep 2020 18:18:50 -0700 |
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HI--
On 9/14/20 3:48 PM, Linux Kernel Mailing List wrote: > Commit: 50145474f6ef4a9c19205b173da6264a644c7489 > Parent: 856deb866d16e29bd65952e0289066f6078af773 > Refname: refs/heads/master > Web: https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/50145474f6ef4a9c19205b173da6264a644c7489 > Author: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> > AuthorDate: Mon Sep 7 11:45:27 2020 -0700 > Committer: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> > CommitDate: Mon Sep 14 10:06:15 2020 -0700 > > fbcon: remove soft scrollback code > > This (and the VGA soft scrollback) turns out to have various nasty small > special cases that nobody really is willing to fight. The soft > scrollback code was really useful a few decades ago when you typically > used the console interactively as the main way to interact with the > machine, but that just isn't the case any more.
and:
> Commit: 973c096f6a85e5b5f2a295126ba6928d9a6afd45 > Parent: 06a0df4d1b8b13b551668e47b11fd7629033b7df > Refname: refs/heads/master > Web: https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/973c096f6a85e5b5f2a295126ba6928d9a6afd45 > Author: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> > AuthorDate: Wed Sep 9 14:53:50 2020 -0700 > Committer: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> > CommitDate: Mon Sep 14 10:06:15 2020 -0700 > > vgacon: remove software scrollback support
diffstats:
> --- > drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.c | 334 +-------------------------------------- > 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 330 deletions(-)
> arch/powerpc/configs/pasemi_defconfig | 1 - > arch/powerpc/configs/ppc6xx_defconfig | 1 - > arch/x86/configs/i386_defconfig | 1 - > arch/x86/configs/x86_64_defconfig | 1 - > drivers/video/console/Kconfig | 46 ------- > drivers/video/console/vgacon.c | 221 +--------------------------------- > 6 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 270 deletions(-)
Now someone can remove the documentation for scrollback (and "no-scroll")...
-- ~Randy
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