Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263574AbTKQTRd (ORCPT ); Mon, 17 Nov 2003 14:17:33 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263586AbTKQTRc (ORCPT ); Mon, 17 Nov 2003 14:17:32 -0500 Received: from bristol.phunnypharm.org ([65.207.35.130]:18345 "EHLO bristol.phunnypharm.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263574AbTKQTRb (ORCPT ); Mon, 17 Nov 2003 14:17:31 -0500 Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2003 13:38:05 -0500 From: Ben Collins To: James Simmons Cc: Linux Fbdev development list , Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: [FBDEV UPDATE] Newer patch. Message-ID: <20031117183805.GB476@phunnypharm.org> References: <20031023234552.GB554@phunnypharm.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1522 Lines: 38 On Thu, Oct 30, 2003 at 06:38:46PM +0000, James Simmons wrote: > > > I noticed one thing, and that is that the mach64 used to use software > > cursor it seems (I remember wondering why atyfb_cursor was never used > > anywhere). It's now using the hw cursor. > > Yeap. I'm in the process of getting several driver to use there hardware > cursors. > > > Also, I notice with this new code that the random vertical shifting of > > the console doesn't occur anymore like it does with current 2.6.0-test8 > > code. For as long as I can remember 2.6.0-test, and way back into > > 2.5.5x, this has been a problem with highly active console programs > > (mutt, vim, etc...). Good to see it's going away :) > > :-) > > I have fixed the problems you have reported. I have a newer patch. Note > this is updated with the LCD support. I like to see if the patch works on > sparc. I has updates from the latest 2.4.X kernels. Please give it a try. > > http://phoenix.infradead.org/~jsimmons/fbdev.diff.gz > > Let me know the results. FYI, this new code is working for me on my Blade100. The cursor is much better now. -- Debian - http://www.debian.org/ Linux 1394 - http://www.linux1394.org/ Subversion - http://subversion.tigris.org/ WatchGuard - http://www.watchguard.com/ - 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/