Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1760458AbbBIKfK (ORCPT ); Mon, 9 Feb 2015 05:35:10 -0500 Received: from mail-wi0-f173.google.com ([209.85.212.173]:56062 "EHLO mail-wi0-f173.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1759974AbbBIKfI (ORCPT ); Mon, 9 Feb 2015 05:35:08 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Originating-IP: [83.216.94.247] In-Reply-To: <20150205113551.48094713@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> References: <1422504685-7864-1-git-send-email-airlied@redhat.com> <20150203155402.4c31c36b@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> <20150205113551.48094713@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2015 10:35:07 +0000 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [PATCH] vt_buffer: drop console buffer copying optimisations From: Daniel Stone To: One Thousand Gnomes Cc: Geert Uytterhoeven , Greg Kroah-Hartman , Linux Kernel Mailing List , Tomi Valkeinen , dri-devel@lists.sf.net, Dave Airlie , Linus Torvalds Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 875 Lines: 26 On 5 February 2015 at 11:35, One Thousand Gnomes wrote: >> If I'm not mistaken, that would be as simple as adding >> >> #define VT_BUF_HAVE_RW. >> #define scr_writew(val, addr) (*(addr) = (val)) >> #define scr_readw(addr) (*(addr)) >> >> to arch/x86/include/asm/vga.h. > > and stick an > > #if defined (CONFIG_SUPPORT_SHITE_VGA_ADAPTERS) > > #endif > > around that and its sorted as an option everyone can leave off but the > afflicted. Well, given all the distros will enable that, might as well be #if !defined(CONFIG_BREAK_SOME_HARDWARE_BUT_VGA_SCROLLING_WILL_BE_IMMEASURABLY_FASTER). -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/