Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751941AbcDRV7X (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 Apr 2016 17:59:23 -0400 Received: from 8.mo68.mail-out.ovh.net ([46.105.74.219]:46159 "EHLO 8.mo68.mail-out.ovh.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751805AbcDRV7W (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 Apr 2016 17:59:22 -0400 X-Greylist: delayed 4204 seconds by postgrey-1.27 at vger.kernel.org; Mon, 18 Apr 2016 17:59:22 EDT Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2016 22:38:37 +0200 From: Jakub Wilk To: Manuel =?iso-8859-1?Q?Sch=F6lling?= Cc: gregkh@linuxfoundation.org, jslaby@suse.com, thomas@winischhofer.net, plagnioj@jcrosoft.com, tomi.valkeinen@ti.com, jejb@parisc-linux.org, deller@gmx.de, sfr@canb.auug.org.au, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-usb@vger.kernel.org, linux-fbdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-parisc@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] Persistent scrollback buffers for all VGA consoles Message-ID: <20160418203837.GA8008@jwilk.net> References: <1461009418-1795-1-git-send-email-manuel.schoelling@gmx.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <1461009418-1795-1-git-send-email-manuel.schoelling@gmx.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23.1 (2014-03-12) X-Ovh-Tracer-Id: 5030802259961436028 X-Ovh-Remote: 5.172.247.220 (ip-5-172-247-220.free.aero2.net.pl) X-Ovh-Local: 213.186.33.20 (ns0.ovh.net) X-OVH-SPAMSTATE: OK X-OVH-SPAMSCORE: 0 X-OVH-SPAMCAUSE: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrfeekkedriedvucetufdoteggodetrfdotffvucfrrhhofhhilhgvmecuqfggjfenuceurghilhhouhhtmecufedttdenuc X-VR-SPAMSTATE: OK X-VR-SPAMSCORE: 0 X-VR-SPAMCAUSE: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrfeekkedriedvgdduhedvucetufdoteggodetrfdotffvucfrrhhofhhilhgvmecuqfggjfenuceurghilhhouhhtmecufedttdenuc Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 374 Lines: 10 * Manuel Sch?lling , 2016-04-18, 21:56: >To offer a way for userland tools to flush the buffer my second patch >adds a ioctl call for that. In f8df13e0a901fe55631fed66562369b4dba40f8b, the escape sequence \e[3J was added, which erases the whole display including the scroll-back buffer. So the new ioctl shouldn't be necessary. -- Jakub Wilk