Jim, every platform has the option of useing a serial console.
I suspect that the i386 video cards and drivers are the worst offenders
however.
David Lang
On 6 Jul 2000, James H. Cloos Jr. wrote:
> Date: 06 Jul 2000 18:06:32 -0500
> From: James H. Cloos Jr. <cloos@jhcloos.com>
> To: torvalds@transmeta.com
> Cc: linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu
> Subject: Re: a joint letter on low latency and Linux
>
> >>>>> "Linus" == Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com> writes:
>
> Linus> The answer is really simple: if you want low latencies, don't
> Linus> use fbcon. (Or, if you want to, fix it). End of story. This
> Linus> is not a "Linux problem" - it's a "don't do that then" problem.
>
> Just to play devil's advocate (daemon's advocate?:) ::
>
> What about platforms where fbcon is the only con?
>
> Or is the fbcon-induced latency an i386-specific problem?
>
> -JimC
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