Re: [Patch] fbcon: i want fbcon soft scrollback feature come back

From: Tetsuo Handa
Date: Thu Jan 07 2021 - 17:58:44 EST


On 2021/01/08 0:48, xuhuijie wrote:
> This commit 50145474f6ef(fbcon: remove soft scrollback code) remove soft scrollback in
> fbcon. So the shift+PageDown and shift+PageUp is missing. But PageUp is a vary important
> feature when system panic or reset. I can get log by PageUp before, but now there is no
> way to get. Especially on the server system, we always use bmc to control computer.
> So I hope the community can add this feature back.
>

You can configure kdump for panic, and netconsole for reset.
(I don't know whether PageUp key works after panic...)