Re: [PATCH v2 0/2] Fix regression introduced by disabling accelerated scrolling in fbcon

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

Cc regressions

On Mon, Jan 24, 2022 at 10:04 PM Helge Deller <deller@xxxxxx> wrote:
> This series reverts two patches which disabled scrolling acceleration in
> fbcon/fbdev. Those patches introduced a regression for fbdev-supported graphic
> cards because of the performance penalty by doing screen scrolling by software
> instead of using existing 2D hardware acceleration.

In the mean time, a userspace regression has been reported, too:
https://lwn.net/Articles/882054/
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=988039

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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