Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261601AbVETXjL (ORCPT ); Fri, 20 May 2005 19:39:11 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261492AbVETXjL (ORCPT ); Fri, 20 May 2005 19:39:11 -0400 Received: from pentafluge.infradead.org ([213.146.154.40]:25020 "EHLO pentafluge.infradead.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261601AbVETXjJ (ORCPT ); Fri, 20 May 2005 19:39:09 -0400 Date: Sat, 21 May 2005 00:39:03 +0100 (BST) From: James Simmons X-X-Sender: jsimmons@pentafluge.infradead.org To: Jon Smirl cc: linux-os@analogic.com, Linus Torvalds , Linux kernel Subject: Re: Screen regen buffer at 0x00b8000 In-Reply-To: <9e4733910505201421cf36902@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: References: <9e4733910505201421cf36902@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 771 Lines: 17 > > Yes, and I didn't want to. However a customer wants some status to > > be always displayed in the upper-right-hand corner of a 4x5 LCD > > with a tiny CPU board. > > The console implements a tiny terminal emulator. Does the emulator > implement the escape sequence for locking an unscrollable line at the > top of the screen? If so lock the line, write your info there, and the > rest of the display will work like normal. Yes it does. This is how the penguin is displayed without scrolling in the framebuffer console. - 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/