Re: improved console interface (was: Re: some console code checked in

[Wolfgang Jährling]

Marcus Brinkmann <Marcus.Brinkmann@ruhr-uni-bochum.de> wrote:
> 2. Scroll back buffer.  It seems to me best to have the scroll back buffer
> maintained in the generic component, so it is retained across detach/attach
> and can be shared by many display drivers.  This requires that it is part of
> the mmap'able file, so far no problem.

When the screen is resized, we would have to reorganize the scroll back
buffer, right? Could that be a problem for very large buffers?

Cheers,
GNU/Wolfgang

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