Re: [PATCH 4.19 66/78] fbcon: remove soft scrollback code

[Pavel Machek]

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!

Best regards,
								Pavel
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