Re: Some questions

On Thu, 2003-03-06 at 18:14, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:

On 6 Mar 2003, Antonino Daplas wrote:

quoted

On Thu, 2003-03-06 at 17:12, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:

quoted

What if fbcon implements a text console _on top of_ fbdev? I.e. it uses the
current resolution?

If you use stty to change the number of cols/rows, or change the font, or use
fbset, your text console may end up being smaller or larger than the real
screen size, in which case margins are cleared, or columns/lines are lost.
(Optionally, we can center the text console if it's smaller than the real
 screen size.)

Which is basically what stty does for the standard console (except that
lines are not lost, but wrapped, and margins are not cleared).

So, we need to reimplement the clipping code.

In fbcon, I hope?

Yes, it's easier to do this in fbcon.

Tony



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