Re: 2.1.123 and fbcon.c

Martin Mares (mj@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz)
Wed, 30 Sep 1998 13:02:17 +0200

> I don't think that's true. 2.0.x used to protect the whole print-out
> region by disabling keyboard bottom half handling, and that essentially
> meant that you could never get a console switch while the screen was
> active.
>
> I've heard your argument before, I just don't believe it.

No, 2.0.x disables only CONSOLE_BH and that's not enough. You can enter
the print-out region from both write() and tty echo simultaneously.

Have a nice fortnight

-- 
Martin `MJ' Mares   <mj@ucw.cz>   http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~mj/
Faculty of Math and Physics, Charles University, Prague, Czech Rep., Earth
"My computer isn't that nervous, it's just a bit ANSI."


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