vgacon: comment on vga_rolled_over

Started by Jiri Slaby on Mar 2, 2021 · 2 messages from 2 authors · Last reply Mar 11, 2021

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Status: Landed in mainline as 5a3c96e96409 on 2021-03-10.

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Long time ago, I figured out what this number is good for and documented
that locally. But never submitted, so do it now.

Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby <redacted>
Cc: <redacted>
Cc: <redacted>
---
 drivers/video/console/vgacon.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/video/console/vgacon.c b/drivers/video/console/vgacon.c
index 962c12be9774..0d26e821e73b 100644
--- a/drivers/video/console/vgacon.c
+++ b/drivers/video/console/vgacon.c
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ static bool 		vga_is_gfx;
 static bool 		vga_512_chars;
 static int 		vga_video_font_height;
 static int 		vga_scan_lines		__read_mostly;
-static unsigned int 	vga_rolled_over;
+static unsigned int 	vga_rolled_over; /* last vc_origin offset before wrap */
 
 static bool vgacon_text_mode_force;
 static bool vga_hardscroll_enabled;
-- 
2.30.1
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On Tue, Mar 02, 2021 at 07:21:34AM +0100, Jiri Slaby wrote:
Long time ago, I figured out what this number is good for and documented
that locally. But never submitted, so do it now.

Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby <redacted>
Cc: <redacted>
Cc: <redacted>
I think Greg volunteered to take care of these ... Also my brain is toast
and I'm not even close to ready to grok vc code to review this properly
:-/

Cheers, Daniel
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---
 drivers/video/console/vgacon.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/video/console/vgacon.c b/drivers/video/console/vgacon.c
index 962c12be9774..0d26e821e73b 100644
--- a/drivers/video/console/vgacon.c
+++ b/drivers/video/console/vgacon.c
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ static bool 		vga_is_gfx;
 static bool 		vga_512_chars;
 static int 		vga_video_font_height;
 static int 		vga_scan_lines		__read_mostly;
-static unsigned int 	vga_rolled_over;
+static unsigned int 	vga_rolled_over; /* last vc_origin offset before wrap */
 
 static bool vgacon_text_mode_force;
 static bool vga_hardscroll_enabled;
-- 
2.30.1

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