Hello, Gentoo.
A new kernel, gentoo-sources-5.10.49-r1 has become current.
For those who wish to have console soft scrolling, the patch which worked
with 5.10.27 actually still works in 5.10.49-r1. But I've tidied that
patch up somewhat for 5.10.49-r1 and have attached the patch file to this
pos
On Tue, Apr 6, 2021 at 1:12 AM Alan Mackenzie wrote:
> How to get it working:
> (i) Extract the enclosed patch file to your /usr/src/linux-5.10.27-gentoo
> directory (or probably any 5.10 kernel's).
Works with 5.10.28-gentoo. Thanks again.
I finally can uninstall my 5.8.6 which still has the old
On Tue, Apr 6, 2021 at 4:54 AM Alan Mackenzie wrote:
> Hello, Michael.
>
> On Mon, Apr 05, 2021 at 18:08:58 -0500, Michael Jones wrote:
>
> [ ]
>
> > Without looking at the patch itself:
>
> > Have you considered something like kmscon as a userland alternative?
>
> To be honest, no. I wasn'
Hello, John
On Tue, Apr 06, 2021 at 10:13:39 -0400, John Covici wrote:
> On Tue, 06 Apr 2021 09:14:23 -0400,
> Peter Humphrey wrote:
> > On Monday, 5 April 2021 19:13:18 BST Alan Mackenzie wrote:
> > > We'll see how people react to it here, first.
> > You're my hero!
> Would this patch work o
On Tue, 06 Apr 2021 09:14:23 -0400,
Peter Humphrey wrote:
>
> On Monday, 5 April 2021 19:13:18 BST Alan Mackenzie wrote:
>
> > We'll see how people react to it here, first.
>
> You're my hero!
Would this patch work on 5.4.96 and following?
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On Monday, 5 April 2021 19:13:18 BST Alan Mackenzie wrote:
> We'll see how people react to it here, first.
You're my hero!
--
Regards,
Peter.
On Monday, April 5, 2021 7:12:07 PM CEST Alan Mackenzie wrote:
> Hello, Gentoo.
>
> Yes, console soft scrolling is back! That essential feature that was
> stripped out of the kernel at around 5.4.x has returned!
>
> Only this time, it's even better! Instead of one scrollback buffer
> shared bet
Hello, Karl.
On Mon, Apr 05, 2021 at 21:58:37 +0200, k...@aspodata.se wrote:
> Alan Mackenzie:
> > Yes, console soft scrolling is back! That essential feature that was
> > stripped out of the kernel at around 5.4.x has returned!
> It is commit 087b6cb17df5834d395ab72da3f937380470ba15,
> between
On Tue, Apr 6, 2021 at 10:56 AM Alan Mackenzie wrote:
>
>
>
> > I just tested it with kernel 5.11.11. Seems fine.
>
> Thanks!
>
Thank _you_!
It is regrettable that console scrolling is out of the kernel. Even if
one doesn't use the console that much, it is used once in a while, and
those occasio
Hello, Jorge.
On Mon, Apr 05, 2021 at 19:38:57 +0100, Jorge Almeida wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 5, 2021 at 6:12 PM Alan Mackenzie wrote:
> > Hello, Gentoo.
> > Yes, console soft scrolling is back! That essential feature that was
> > stripped out of the kernel at around 5.4.x has returned!
> > Only t
Hello, Michael.
On Mon, Apr 05, 2021 at 18:08:58 -0500, Michael Jones wrote:
[ ]
> Without looking at the patch itself:
> Have you considered something like kmscon as a userland alternative?
To be honest, no. I wasn't really aware of it when I starting working on
the Linux console.
Acco
On Tue, Apr 6, 2021 at 1:12 AM Alan Mackenzie wrote:
>
> Hello, Gentoo.
>
> Yes, console soft scrolling is back! That essential feature that was
> stripped out of the kernel at around 5.4.x has returned!
Thank you. I'll try to make this work in 5.10.28 once it's released.
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On Mon, Apr 5, 2021, 13:13 Alan Mackenzie wrote:
> Hello, Wol.
>
> On Mon, Apr 05, 2021 at 18:44:15 +0100, antlists wrote:
> > On 05/04/2021 18:12, Alan Mackenzie wrote:
> > > Bug reports and other comments are welcome, of course.
> > >
> > > If anybody would like the corresponding patch which wo
Alan Mackenzie:
> Yes, console soft scrolling is back! That essential feature that was
> stripped out of the kernel at around 5.4.x has returned!
It is commit 087b6cb17df5834d395ab72da3f937380470ba15,
between v5.4.65 and 66.
Perhaps also 0d123a8c64fde433a, cf5a7ded53652c3d63d72, and possible
othe
On Mon, Apr 5, 2021 at 6:12 PM Alan Mackenzie wrote:
>
> Hello, Gentoo.
>
> Yes, console soft scrolling is back! That essential feature that was
> stripped out of the kernel at around 5.4.x has returned!
>
> Only this time, it's even better! Instead of one scrollback buffer
> shared between all
Hello, Wol.
On Mon, Apr 05, 2021 at 18:44:15 +0100, antlists wrote:
> On 05/04/2021 18:12, Alan Mackenzie wrote:
> > Bug reports and other comments are welcome, of course.
> >
> > If anybody would like the corresponding patch which works on 5.4.n, for n
> >> = 80, that is available, too.
> Why d
On 05/04/2021 18:12, Alan Mackenzie wrote:
Bug reports and other comments are welcome, of course.
If anybody would like the corresponding patch which works on 5.4.n, for n
= 80, that is available, too.
Why did it get removed from the kernel?
If you want to get it back in, couldn't you ping G
Hello, Gentoo.
Yes, console soft scrolling is back! That essential feature that was
stripped out of the kernel at around 5.4.x has returned!
Only this time, it's even better! Instead of one scrollback buffer
shared between all tty's, there's now a buffer for each tty.
How to get it working:
(i
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