Date: Fri, 18 Oct 1996 07:56:41 +1000 (EST) From: Darren Reed <avalon@coombs.anu.edu.au> To: sos@FreeBSD.org Cc: proff@suburbia.net, hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: high resolution text modes Message-ID: <199610172156.OAA02835@freefall.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <199610171051.MAA05164@ra.dkuug.dk> from "sos@FreeBSD.org" at Oct 17, 96 12:51:20 pm
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In some mail from sos@FreeBSD.org, sie said: > > In reply to Julian Assange who wrote: > > > > Success! > > > > I'm now running on a 100x30(16x9 font) 88hz modified FreeBSD syscons.c. > > I still have some issues to address vis automatically changing between > > resolutions on different VT's. Some video cards clocks require > > programming in particular ways. It would be nice if one could do a > > "register dump" of the current mode and save it in an array and later > > restore the values when the VT is again made active. I am not hopeful > > given the hardware dependent manner that many dot clocks are programmed > > in and the use of register extension portals. I suspect that any > > solution would approach the code size of SVGATextMode itself. My > > intention is to remove per-vt resolutions entirely. They seem like > > creeping featurism to me and of little use - I noted a comment in the > > linux kernel code stating that the linux per-vt resolutions which were > > removed for similar reasons. > > Erhm, You are not going to remove anything of that kind from > syscons if thats what you want. I'll provide you with a interface > for doing this if need be, but this will NOT go into syscons, or > I'll resign as its maintainer. Well, how about "option NEW_SYSCONS" for those who'd rather have a 100x30 (or better) console without having to do it per-vt or who want it before multiuser mode ? Darren
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