linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/6] vt: no blinking on console, 256/24-bit color improvements

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Date:   Thu, 19 Jul 2018 16:34:28 +0200
From:   Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:     Adam Borowski <kilobyte@...band.pl>
Cc:     One Thousand Gnomes <gnomes@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
        Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.com>, linux-console@...r.kernel.org,
        Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@...sung.com>,
        Linux Fbdev development list <linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/6] vt: no blinking on console, 256/24-bit color improvements

Hi Adam,

On Thu, Jul 19, 2018 at 4:29 PM Adam Borowski <kilobyte@...band.pl> wrote:
> And vgacon has code that looks like it can do CGA and MDA (redundant with
> mdacon?), either of which I haven't used in... quite a while.  Might be
> tricky getting access to such hardware to test...

Mdacon is meant to be used next to vgacon, for systems with both color and
monochrome graphics adapters.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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