Subject: Re: Missing manpage entry (was: WSDISPLAY_SCROLLSUPPORT default)
To: None <tech-kern@NetBSD.org>
From: Bernd Ernesti <netbsd@lists.veego.de>
List: tech-kern
Date: 07/03/2005 20:49:19
On Sun, Jul 03, 2005 at 07:14:44PM +0100, Rui Paulo wrote:
> On 2005.07.03 15:56:31 +0000, Bernd Ernesti wrote:
> > On Fri, Jul 01, 2005 at 04:03:21PM +0100, Rui Paulo wrote:
> > > Hi
> > > I see a lot of people asking on how to get scrolling support under
> > > NetBSD/i386, so I was wondering if we can uncomment WSDISPLAY_SCROLLSUPPORT
> > > in NetBSD/i386 GENERIC.
> > > 
> > > Are there any drawbacks with that ?
> > 
> > It is not documented.
> > 
> > So, it's now enabled by default, but nobody knows how to use it.
> 
> http://www.netbsd.org/guide/en/chap-cons.html#chap-cons-wscons-scrolling

Then why is that on an external webpage and not in wscons(4)?

And why does it say:
   Please note that this may not work on your system console (ttyE0)!

and where is the problem with VGA_RASTERCONSOLE?

Not that the later option isn't documented in any manpage either.

> I'll add an entry to options(4) too. 

Bernd