087b6cb17d
commit 973c096f6a85e5b5f2a295126ba6928d9a6afd45 upstream.
Yunhai Zhang recently fixed a VGA software scrollback bug in commit
ebfdfeeae8c0 ("vgacon: Fix for missing check in scrollback handling"),
but that then made people look more closely at some of this code, and
there were more problems on the vgacon side, but also the fbcon software
scrollback.
We don't really have anybody who maintains this code - probably because
nobody actually _uses_ it any more. Sure, people still use both VGA and
the framebuffer consoles, but they are no longer the main user
interfaces to the kernel, and haven't been for decades, so these kinds
of extra features end up bitrotting and not really being used.
So rather than try to maintain a likely unused set of code, I'll just
aggressively remove it, and see if anybody even notices. Maybe there
are people who haven't jumped on the whole GUI badnwagon yet, and think
it's just a fad. And maybe those people use the scrollback code.
If that turns out to be the case, we can resurrect this again, once
we've found the sucker^Wmaintainer for it who actually uses it.
Reported-by: NopNop Nop <nopitydays@gmail.com>
Tested-by: Willy Tarreau <w@1wt.eu>
Cc: 张云海 <zhangyunhai@nsfocus.com>
Acked-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net>
Acked-by: Willy Tarreau <w@1wt.eu>
Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
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#
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# Video configuration
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#
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menu "Console display driver support"
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config VGA_CONSOLE
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bool "VGA text console" if EXPERT || !X86
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depends on !4xx && !PPC_8xx && !SPARC && !M68K && !PARISC && !SUPERH && \
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(!ARM || ARCH_FOOTBRIDGE || ARCH_INTEGRATOR || ARCH_NETWINDER) && \
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!ARM64 && !ARC && !MICROBLAZE && !OPENRISC && !NDS32 && !S390
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default y
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help
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Saying Y here will allow you to use Linux in text mode through a
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display that complies with the generic VGA standard. Virtually
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everyone wants that.
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The program SVGATextMode can be used to utilize SVGA video cards to
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their full potential in text mode. Download it from
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<ftp://ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/utils/console/>.
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Say Y.
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config MDA_CONSOLE
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depends on !M68K && !PARISC && ISA
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tristate "MDA text console (dual-headed)"
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---help---
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Say Y here if you have an old MDA or monochrome Hercules graphics
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adapter in your system acting as a second head ( = video card). You
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will then be able to use two monitors with your Linux system. Do not
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say Y here if your MDA card is the primary card in your system; the
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normal VGA driver will handle it.
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To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
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module will be called mdacon.
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If unsure, say N.
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config SGI_NEWPORT_CONSOLE
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tristate "SGI Newport Console support"
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depends on SGI_IP22 && HAS_IOMEM
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select FONT_SUPPORT
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help
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Say Y here if you want the console on the Newport aka XL graphics
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card of your Indy. Most people say Y here.
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config DUMMY_CONSOLE
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bool
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depends on VGA_CONSOLE!=y || SGI_NEWPORT_CONSOLE!=y
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default y
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config DUMMY_CONSOLE_COLUMNS
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int "Initial number of console screen columns"
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depends on DUMMY_CONSOLE && !ARM
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default 160 if PARISC
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default 80
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help
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On PA-RISC, the default value is 160, which should fit a 1280x1024
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monitor.
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Select 80 if you use a 640x480 resolution by default.
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config DUMMY_CONSOLE_ROWS
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int "Initial number of console screen rows"
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depends on DUMMY_CONSOLE && !ARM
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default 64 if PARISC
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default 25
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help
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On PA-RISC, the default value is 64, which should fit a 1280x1024
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monitor.
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Select 25 if you use a 640x480 resolution by default.
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config FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE
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bool "Framebuffer Console support"
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depends on FB && !UML
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select VT_HW_CONSOLE_BINDING
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select CRC32
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select FONT_SUPPORT
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help
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Low-level framebuffer-based console driver.
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config FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE_DETECT_PRIMARY
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bool "Map the console to the primary display device"
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depends on FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE
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default n
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---help---
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If this option is selected, the framebuffer console will
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automatically select the primary display device (if the architecture
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supports this feature). Otherwise, the framebuffer console will
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always select the first framebuffer driver that is loaded. The latter
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is the default behavior.
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You can always override the automatic selection of the primary device
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by using the fbcon=map: boot option.
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If unsure, select n.
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config FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE_ROTATION
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bool "Framebuffer Console Rotation"
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depends on FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE
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help
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Enable display rotation for the framebuffer console. This is done
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in software and may be significantly slower than a normally oriented
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display. Note that the rotation is done at the console level only
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such that other users of the framebuffer will remain normally
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oriented.
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config FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE_DEFERRED_TAKEOVER
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bool "Framebuffer Console Deferred Takeover"
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depends on FB=y && FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE && DUMMY_CONSOLE
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help
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If enabled this defers the framebuffer console taking over the
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console from the dummy console until the first text is displayed on
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the console. This is useful in combination with the "quiet" kernel
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commandline option to keep the framebuffer contents initially put up
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by the firmware in place, rather then replacing the contents with a
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black screen as soon as fbcon loads.
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config STI_CONSOLE
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bool "STI text console"
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depends on PARISC && HAS_IOMEM
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select FONT_SUPPORT
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default y
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help
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The STI console is the builtin display/keyboard on HP-PARISC
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machines. Say Y here to build support for it into your kernel.
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The alternative is to use your primary serial port as a console.
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endmenu
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