From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Jul 2 09:10:25 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA19518 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Thu, 2 Jul 1998 09:10:25 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mail.camalott.com (root@[208.203.140.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA19465 for ; Thu, 2 Jul 1998 09:10:10 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from joelh@gnu.org) Received: from detlev.UUCP (tex-78.camalott.com [208.229.74.78]) by mail.camalott.com (8.8.7/8.8.5) with ESMTP id LAA04108; Thu, 2 Jul 1998 11:03:31 -0500 Received: (from joelh@localhost) by detlev.UUCP (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA02923; Thu, 2 Jul 1998 11:03:50 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from joelh) Date: Thu, 2 Jul 1998 11:03:50 -0500 (CDT) Message-Id: <199807021603.LAA02923@detlev.UUCP> To: smoergrd@oslo.geco-prakla.slb.com CC: nick.hibma@jrc.it, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG In-reply-to: (smoergrd@oslo.geco-prakla.slb.com) Subject: Re: Console driver (was: Problems with irq 9(2)?) From: Joel Ray Holveck Reply-to: joelh@gnu.org References: Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > However, no VGA board that I know of will exhibit snow while in text > mode, so waiting for vertical retrace is not necessary. It should not > be removed, though, as older CGA and MDA boards require it; but it > could be turned into a kernel option. If you feel very strongly about > this, cut'n'paste this article into send-pr and somebody will get > around to it. Inasmuch as I am suprised, I have noticed snow on my VGA board when switching between vty's. I'm using a generic VLB card with an ET-4000 and a 20C491 RAMDAC. I'm not complaining, I'm just observing. Happy hacking, joelh -- Joel Ray Holveck - joelh@gnu.org - http://www.wp.com/piquan Fourth law of programming: Anything that can go wrong wi sendmail: segmentation violation - core dumped To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message