Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756079AbYJ3OwB (ORCPT ); Thu, 30 Oct 2008 10:52:01 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1755341AbYJ3Ovw (ORCPT ); Thu, 30 Oct 2008 10:51:52 -0400 Received: from gprs189-60.eurotel.cz ([160.218.189.60]:56433 "EHLO UNKNOWN" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755015AbYJ3Ovw (ORCPT ); Thu, 30 Oct 2008 10:51:52 -0400 Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2008 15:00:56 +0100 From: Pavel Machek To: Marcin Slusarz Cc: Andrew Morton , LKML , Antonino Daplas , Krzysztof Helt , linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [PATCH RESEND] vgacon: remember scrollback buffer on console switch Message-ID: <20081029140056.GA1469@ucw.cz> References: <20081025195814.GD10932@joi> <20081025134615.36f7285f.akpm@linux-foundation.org> <20081025224247.GA25497@joi> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20081025224247.GA25497@joi> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 686 Lines: 20 Hi! > > If so, it would be much much better to make this feature switchable at > > runtime (module parameter/boot option or a /proc or /sys knob). > > /sys knob seems to be the most flexible option. > > /sys/class/vtconsole/vtconX/persistent_history? 0/1 0/number-of-lines-to-remember? Pavel -- (english) http://www.livejournal.com/~pavelmachek (cesky, pictures) http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/picture/horses/blog.html -- 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/