Re: fbcon + scrolling = irq timeouts?

Mark Hahn (hahn@coffee.psychology.mcmaster.ca)
Wed, 1 Dec 1999 16:23:26 -0500 (EST)


> which will be written will not entirely cure the problem. The truth is the
> only really cure for something like this is real time linux.

or else keeping shitty PIO hardware out of the kernel. in this case,
VESA fbcon seems to be even more excremental than PIO IDE ever was.

perhaps we should put up a massive warning whenver a PIO device is
configured, just so people know that something is drastically wrong.
they can CONFIG_I_KNOW_MY_HARDWARE_IS_OBSOLETE to skip this. heck,
we can even make the warning full-screen text on a blue background ;)

regards, mark hahn

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