Date: Thu, 2 Jul 1998 11:03:50 -0500 (CDT) From: Joel Ray Holveck <joelh@gnu.org> To: smoergrd@oslo.geco-prakla.slb.com Cc: nick.hibma@jrc.it, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Console driver (was: Problems with irq 9(2)?) Message-ID: <199807021603.LAA02923@detlev.UUCP> In-Reply-To: <rx4af6s4p4n.fsf@oslo.geco-prakla.slb.com> (smoergrd@oslo.geco-prakla.slb.com) References: <Pine.GSO.3.95q.980702085902.16968d-100000@elect8> <rx4af6s4p4n.fsf@oslo.geco-prakla.slb.com>
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> 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
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