es -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe -fno-strength-reduce -m486
-malign-loops=2 -malign-jumps=2 -malign-functions=2 -DCPU=686
-DEXPORT_SYMTAB -c console.c
console.c:2165: conflicting types for `con_init'
/usr/src/l-other/linux-2.1.108/include/linux/tty.h:317: previous
declaration of `con_init'
console.c: In function `con_init':
console.c:2259: warning: `return' with a value, in function returning void
make[3]: *** [console.o] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/l-other/linux-2.1.108/drivers/char'
make[2]: *** [first_rule] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/l-other/linux-2.1.108/drivers/char'
make[1]: *** [sub_dirs] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/l-other/linux-2.1.108/drivers'
make: *** [linuxsubdirs] Error 2
#
# Console drivers
#
# CONFIG_VGA_CONSOLE is not set
CONFIG_VIDEO_SELECT=y
CONFIG_FB=y
CONFIG_DUMMY_CONSOLE=y
CONFIG_FB_VGA=y
CONFIG_FB_VESA=y
CONFIG_VIDEO_SELECT=y
# CONFIG_FB_MDA is not set
# CONFIG_FB_VIRTUAL is not set
# CONFIG_FBCON_ADVANCED is not set
CONFIG_FBCON_CFB8=y
CONFIG_FBCON_CFB16=y
CONFIG_FBCON_CFB32=y
CONFIG_FBCON_VGA=y
On Fri, 10 Jul 1998, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
>
> I just submitted the latest version of the console fix to JitterBug. The patch
> is relative to 2.1.108 and can be downloaded from:
>
> http://www.cs.kuleuven.ac.be/~geert/bin/geert-2.1.108b.diff.gz
>
> - Changes by me:
>
> o Frame buffer devices are now initialized from chr_dev_init(), i.e.
> after the PCI and memory subsystems. Early console messages are handled
> by vgacon (VGA text console), or by a very small dummy driver if vgacon
> is not available.
> When the first frame buffer device is initialized (can be builtin or a
> loadable module), it takes over the console. The old screen contents
> are not lost.
> o Added scrollback for frame buffer devices that support wrapping or
> panning
> o Low level frame buffer renderers can be loadable modules again
> o vgafb (VGA text frame buffer device) can be a loadable module
> o Fix the default color palette (incorrectly assumed to be a typo)
> o Make sure vfb (virtual frame buffer device) is initialized last
> o Doc fixes (contents and typos)
> o drivers/video/Config.in depends on CONFIG_VT
> o Vesafb cannot be enabled together with vgacon
> o Get rid of the ugly text logos
>
> - Changes by Jakub Jelinek:
>
> o SBUS or UPA based frame buffer devices
> o SPARC Creator/Creator3D frame buffer device
> o Optimizations and clean ups in the character rendering code
> o Smart redraw scrolling
> o Sun 8x16 font
>
> - Changes by Andrew Apted:
>
> o Prevent flickering when scrolling in vgafb/mdafb
> o Fix weird color palette changes in vgafb
> o Auxiliary types for text frame buffers
> o MDA cursor fixes
>
> - Changes by Philip Blundell:
>
> o Small fixes for ARM
>
> - Changes by Bill Hawes:
>
> o Selection bug fixes
>
> - Changes by Russell King:
>
> o Frame buffer cursor fixes
>
> - Changes by Martin Mares:
>
> o vgacon supports scrollback
> o vgacon uses fast hardware scrolling when available
> o vgacon supports changeable fonts and console resizing
> o Generic console code again allows character buffer of the foreground
> console to be contained directly in video ram. Added few hooks for
> such consoles:
> con_set_origin - Calculate start of screen buffer for
> foreground console
> con_vram_scroll - Try scrolling the whole screen buffer
> con_save_screen - Save screen contents to real screen buffer
> o con_switch now returns whether to redraw or not
> o vgacon: Original bootup screen retained when starting the console.
> o Better coalescing of multiple characters to single putcs
> o Did some shuffling of subroutines to make the code more readable.
> o Added back the no-scroll command-line option.
> o Clipping (aka selection) from scroll-back works
> o Changed configuration on all architectures -- all console settings
> now reside within single sub-menu.
> o Moved declarations of console subsystem routines to vt_kern.h
> o Coalesced both version of vc_resize into one.
> o Cleaned up font switching.
> o Killed con_adjust_height
> o Cleaned up allocation of new consoles
> o Include logo on i386 only with CONFIG_FB as the text mode logo
> is very ugly.
> o When only the vgacon is configured, omit lots of screen refreshing
> code.
> o VGA videomem access is now arch-dependent and whereever possible,
> it's compiled just as direct memory access with necessary address
> shifting.
> o Moved all screen buffer access functions to <linux/vt_buffer.h>
> o memsetw and memcpyw renamed to scr_memsetw and scr_memcpyw to match
> rest of buffer access functions. Implemented scr_memcpyw as memcpy
> whereever possible.
> o Updated fbcon and compatcon to use the new consw hooks.
> o Removed txtcon as it isn't used anywhere and it's out of date.
>
> - Spelling fixes by Trevor Johnson
>
> - Some changes I forgot to mention...
>
> Greetings,
>
> Geert
>
> --
> Geert Uytterhoeven Geert.Uytterhoeven@cs.kuleuven.ac.be
> Wavelets, Linux/{m68k~Amiga,PPC~CHRP} http://www.cs.kuleuven.ac.be/~geert/
> Department of Computer Science -- Katholieke Universiteit Leuven -- Belgium
>
>
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