Date: Fri, 18 Sep 1998 13:00:33 +0200 (CEST) From: Søren Schmidt <sos@FreeBSD.org> To: dag-erli@ifi.uio.no (Dag-Erling =?iso-8859-1?Q?Co=EFdan?= =?iso-8859-1?Q?Sm=F8rgrav?=) Cc: sos@FreeBSD.org, jkh@time.cdrom.com, karpen@ocean.campus.luth.se, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org 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 Message-ID: <199809181100.NAA10129@sos.freebsd.dk> In-Reply-To: <xzpd88t68p5.fsf@hati.ifi.uio.no> from =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Dag=2DErling_Co=EFdan__Sm=F8rgrav?= at "Sep 18, 98 12:01:26 pm"
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In reply to Dag-Erling Coïdan Smørgrav who wrote:
> Søren Schmidt <sos@FreeBSD.org> 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.
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Søren Schmidt (sos@FreeBSD.org) FreeBSD Core Team
Even more code to hack -- will it ever end?
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