Date: Sat, 4 Apr 1998 10:33:41 -0700 From: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com> To: Kazutaka YOKOTA <yokota@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-sys@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/i386/isa syscons.c Message-ID: <199804041733.KAA27766@mt.sri.com> In-Reply-To: <199804041626.IAA06737@freefall.freebsd.org> References: <199804041626.IAA06737@freefall.freebsd.org>
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> yokota 1998/04/04 08:26:54 PST > > Modified files: > sys/i386/isa syscons.c > Log: ... > Video mode switch fixes: > - Stop the screen saver when changing video modes. > - Enclose the critical section with a pair of spltty()/splx(). > - A kludge to prevent scrn_update() from accessing video memory in less- > critical sections in video mode change; artificially turn on the > UNKNOWN_MODE flag. Is it possible that these fixes could cause the 'hang switching' bugs that occur when swapping virtual screens when X is starting up? (BTW - SCO has *exactly* the same problem, so syscons is doing a better job of emulating it than most would expect, even the bugs. :) nate To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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