From owner-cvs-all Fri Sep 18 04:01:05 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from daemon@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id EAA14375 for cvs-all-outgoing; Fri, 18 Sep 1998 04:01:05 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-cvs-all) Received: from sos.freebsd.dk (sos.freebsd.dk [212.242.40.180]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id EAA14366; Fri, 18 Sep 1998 04:01:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sos@sos.freebsd.dk) Received: (from sos@localhost) by sos.freebsd.dk (8.9.1/8.9.1) id NAA10129; Fri, 18 Sep 1998 13:00:33 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from sos) Message-Id: <199809181100.NAA10129@sos.freebsd.dk> Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/isa scvidctl.c videoio.c videoio.h syscons.c syscons.h src/sys/alpha/conf files.alpha src/sys/al In-Reply-To: from =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Dag=2DErling_Co=EFdan__Sm=F8rgrav?= at "Sep 18, 98 12:01:26 pm" To: dag-erli@ifi.uio.no (Dag-Erling =?iso-8859-1?Q?Co=EFdan?= =?iso-8859-1?Q?Sm=F8rgrav?=) Date: Fri, 18 Sep 1998 13:00:33 +0200 (CEST) Cc: sos@FreeBSD.org, jkh@time.cdrom.com, karpen@ocean.campus.luth.se, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org From: Søren Schmidt Reply-to: sos@FreeBSD.org X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL38 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk In reply to Dag-Erling Coïdan Smørgrav who wrote: > Søren Schmidt writes: > > The code that is in there to avoid doing font changes at random is > > allways on (ie the vertical retrace wait), the SC_BAD_FLICKER option > > does other tricker > > OK, in that case I too have misunderstood the issue. I think the > vertical retrace wait is the biggest performance hit; that's the one > that should be made optional. But it really isn't optional, the result will be noise & flicker beyond repair.... However I have patches lying around for a text block cursor instead, that could be made a option for those not wanting the bitmap version. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Søren Schmidt (sos@FreeBSD.org) FreeBSD Core Team Even more code to hack -- will it ever end? ..