Bug 19190

Summary: patch to set history buffer size via vidcontrol(1)
Product: Base System Reporter: kbyanc <kbyanc>
Component: binAssignee: freebsd-bugs (Nobody) <bugs>
Status: Closed FIXED    
Severity: Affects Only Me    
Priority: Normal    
Version: 4.0-STABLE   
Hardware: Any   
OS: Any   
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Description kbyanc 2000-06-11 04:30:00 UTC
	This patch teaches vidcontrol(1) about the CONS_HISTORY ioctl for
	syscons. It adds a -h parameter to allow the user to set the
	size of the history scrollback buffer in lines. It also updates
	the man page to briefly describe the new option.

	-Kelly
	 kbyanc@posi.net
Comment 1 yokota 2000-06-11 06:22:38 UTC
>>Number:         19190
>>Category:       bin
>>Synopsis:       patch to set history buffer size via vidcontrol(1)
[...]
>>Originator:     Kelly Yancey
>>Release:        FreeBSD 4.0-STABLE i386
>>Organization:
>eGroups.com -- http://www.eGroups.com/
>>Environment:
>
>FreeBSD backroom.corp.ONElist.com 5.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT #3: Sat
>Jun 10 12:08:26 PDT 2000
>kbyanc@backroom.corp.ONElist.com:/usr/src/sys/compile/BACKROOM  i386
>
>>Description:
>
>	This patch teaches vidcontrol(1) about the CONS_HISTORY ioctl for
>	syscons. It adds a -h parameter to allow the user to set the
>	size of the history scrollback buffer in lines. It also updates
>	the man page to briefly describe the new option.

Um, this function is available in kbdcontrol(1)...

Kazu
Comment 2 kbyanc 2000-06-11 18:21:43 UTC
On Sun, 11 Jun 2000, Kazutaka YOKOTA wrote:

> 
> Um, this function is available in kbdcontrol(1)...
> 
> Kazu
> 

  Hrm. Sorry, I didn't see it there. :(

  Kelly

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Comment 3 kbyanc 2000-06-16 01:22:58 UTC
  Close me. The functionality is already in kbdcontrol.

  Kelly
Comment 4 alex freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2000-06-16 08:16:48 UTC
State Changed
From-To: open->closed

Closed on originator's request.