From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jakub Wilk Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2016 20:38:37 +0000 Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] Persistent scrollback buffers for all VGA consoles Message-Id: <20160418203837.GA8008@jwilk.net> List-Id: References: <1461009418-1795-1-git-send-email-manuel.schoelling@gmx.de> In-Reply-To: <1461009418-1795-1-git-send-email-manuel.schoelling-Mmb7MZpHnFY@public.gmane.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable To: Manuel =?iso-8859-1?Q?Sch=F6lling?= Cc: gregkh-hQyY1W1yCW8ekmWlsbkhG0B+6BGkLq7r@public.gmane.org, jslaby-IBi9RG/b67k@public.gmane.org, thomas-8tQO0IXuy4gnETEX8uN03g@public.gmane.org, plagnioj-sclMFOaUSTBWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org, tomi.valkeinen-l0cyMroinI0@public.gmane.org, jejb-6jwH94ZQLHl74goWV3ctuw@public.gmane.org, deller-Mmb7MZpHnFY@public.gmane.org, sfr-3FnU+UHB4dNDw9hX6IcOSA@public.gmane.org, linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, linux-usb-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, linux-fbdev-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, linux-parisc-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org * Manuel Sch=F6lling , 2016-04-18, 21:56: >To offer a way for userland tools to flush the buffer my second patch=20 >adds a ioctl call for that. In f8df13e0a901fe55631fed66562369b4dba40f8b, the escape sequence \e[3J=20 was added, which erases the whole display including the scroll-back=20 buffer. So the new ioctl shouldn't be necessary. --=20 Jakub Wilk