> > >It seems there is definately something weird going on in the screen
> > >redraw routines when using vesafb.
[ ... ]
> That may explain it. There changed a lot in drivers/char/console.c. Can
> you try enabling the SCROLL_YREDRAW flag, as is done for creatorfb on
> SPARC? Then you won't have to do redraw yourself.
Cool. Works, and it is FAST. diff against 2.1.108 + 108b console
patches.
Gerd
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diff -u kernel/2.1.108/drivers/video/vesafb.c linux/drivers/video/vesafb.c
--- kernel/2.1.108/drivers/video/vesafb.c Sat Jul 11 17:35:22 1998
+++ linux/drivers/video/vesafb.c Sat Jul 11 17:36:50 1998
@@ -99,17 +99,6 @@
#define USE_MEMMOVE 2
static vesafb_scroll = USE_REDRAW;
-static struct display_switch vesafb_sw;
-
-void vesafb_bmove(struct display *p, int sy, int sx, int dy, int dx,
- int height, int width)
-{
- /*
- * this is really faster than memmove (at least with my box)
- * read access to video memory is slow...
- */
- update_screen(currcon);
-}
/* --------------------------------------------------------------------- */
@@ -241,11 +230,8 @@
display->dispsw = NULL;
break;
}
- if (vesafb_scroll == USE_REDRAW) {
- memcpy(&vesafb_sw,display->dispsw,sizeof(vesafb_sw));
- vesafb_sw.bmove = vesafb_bmove;
- display->dispsw = &vesafb_sw;
- }
+ if (vesafb_scroll == USE_REDRAW)
+ display->scrollmode = SCROLL_YREDRAW;
}
static int vesafb_set_var(struct fb_var_screeninfo *var, int con,
-
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