> From: Michael Weller <eowmob@exp-math.uni-essen.de>
> Date: Fri, 13 Oct 1995 11:24:57 +0100 (MEZ)
> Subject: vc-switching/scroll back/console driver
>
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> Other things are that the x86 memory paging and hardware-irq's would be
> great to be used by grafix appl. What would really be needed is a
> mechanism to reset to textmode on application death, virtualize vga mem
> access and paging, irq's driven accelerator queues. vc-switching even back
> and forth to dead or currently locked applications. (I've an idea on how
> todo that w/o big screen buffers in kernel, with the only disadvantage of
> the currently blocked application showing a black screen when switched
> back to it until it wakes up again which seems senseable to me.). Device
> driver level compatibility to linux-680x0, different rez and FONTS! on
> vc's to allow high speed, say APL-3270 or real vt-100 (with correct fonts
> that is) or IBM-DOS character set whatever), terminal emulations with own
> fonts and the speed-advantages of a textmode screen device.
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Since we are talking about the console driver...
One thing I have been wondering for a lon time is why is the text-mode of the
console-driver fixed? I would very much like to have 80x25 mode on one and
100x50 on another, etc. And there would have to be some ioctl's for controlling
console-modes. I'm sure this has come up before, but has anyone done any
work on the subject? Or was it a full-blown religious war?
there is ofcourse SVGATextMode but some of it might aswell be in the console
driver.
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