Re: VCs and diff. video modes

H. Peter Anvin (hpa@transmeta.com)
15 Aug 1997 05:54:06 GMT

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>
> I know that FreeBSD allows different VC's to be in different video
> modes (i.e VC 1 would be in 80x25 and VC 2 would be in 80x50). The current
> console code in linux does not do this. It looks like it might of had this
> ability at one point, but it was taken out because it was messy. Is there
> any plans to add it back in? It would be a nice feature to have available.
>

No, it was never in there, and it was chosen to not do so due to the
kernel memory requirements that would ensue.

-hpa

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