linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/2] Persistent scrollback buffers for all VGA consoles

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Date:	Mon, 18 Apr 2016 22:38:37 +0200
From:	Jakub Wilk <jwilk@...lk.net>
To:	Manuel Schölling <manuel.schoelling@....de>
Cc:	gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, jslaby@...e.com,
	thomas@...ischhofer.net, plagnioj@...osoft.com,
	tomi.valkeinen@...com, jejb@...isc-linux.org, deller@....de,
	sfr@...b.auug.org.au, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-usb@...r.kernel.org, linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-parisc@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] Persistent scrollback buffers for all VGA consoles

* Manuel Schölling <manuel.schoelling@....de>, 2016-04-18, 21:56:
>To offer a way for userland tools to flush the buffer my second patch 
>adds a ioctl call for that.

In f8df13e0a901fe55631fed66562369b4dba40f8b, the escape sequence \e[3J 
was added, which erases the whole display including the scroll-back 
buffer. So the new ioctl shouldn't be necessary.

-- 
Jakub Wilk