Re: fbcon + scrolling = irq timeouts?

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Mon, 29 Nov 1999 22:57:55 +0000 (GMT)


> Has anyone else experienced IRQ timeouts while playing MP3s and scrolling
> large text files in a VESA framebuffer console? From what I can see, no
> cards are conflicting with each other in any way. Maybe someone else can
> help me out. Vital data:

Welcome to VESA frame buffer. It uses BIOS functions. These can lock the
interrupts off for a long time. Basically no cure available

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