Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 23 Sep 2020 10:44:27 +0200 | From | Pavel Machek <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 4.19 66/78] fbcon: remove soft scrollback code |
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Hi!
> > I believe it will need to be reverted in Linus' tree, too. In fact, > > the patch seems to be a way for Linus to find a maintainer for the > > code, and I already stated I can do it. Patch is so new it was not > > even in -rc released by Linus. > > I can honestly see how it can be missed from fbcon, but using vgacon > myself for cases like you described, I still benefit from the hw scroll > buffer which is OK. > > > > See the email recently on oss-devel for one such reason why this was > > > removed... > > > > Would you have a link for that? > > Here it is: > > https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/09/15/2
Thank you for the pointer!
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