From owner-freebsd-current Thu Sep 17 07:45:15 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id HAA17013 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Thu, 17 Sep 1998 07:45:15 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ns1.yes.no (ns1.yes.no [195.119.24.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id HAA16963; Thu, 17 Sep 1998 07:44:51 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from eivind@bitbox.follo.net) Received: from bitbox.follo.net (bitbox.follo.net [195.204.143.218]) by ns1.yes.no (8.9.1a/8.9.1) with ESMTP id QAA07186; Thu, 17 Sep 1998 16:44:22 +0200 (CEST) Received: (from eivind@localhost) by bitbox.follo.net (8.8.8/8.8.6) id QAA02713; Thu, 17 Sep 1998 16:44:20 +0200 (MET DST) Message-ID: <19980917164420.37485@follo.net> Date: Thu, 17 Sep 1998 16:44:20 +0200 From: Eivind Eklund To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" , sos@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: "Jordan K. Hubbard" , current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Flickering syscons References: <199809171245.OAA06482@sos.freebsd.dk> <27789.906037076@time.cdrom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.89.1i In-Reply-To: <27789.906037076@time.cdrom.com>; from Jordan K. Hubbard on Thu, Sep 17, 1998 at 05:57:56AM -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, Sep 17, 1998 at 05:57:56AM -0700, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > > I would rather that options SC_BAD_FLICKER was added to GENERIC, and > > thats it, then we only need to find out why it doesn't work anymore... > > I don't like the idea of adding it to GENERIC since that just makes > one more "mandatory option" for folks who have vga devices which do > this. Again, I think the behavior of any part of the kernel should > always be set to the most conservative values by default and then, if > desired, provide knobs for being less conservative. It's also more in > keeping with our existing option set to do this. Agreed. However, does it actually have to be a kernel compile option, as opposed to a sysctl (or vidctl) option? Eivind. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message