[PATCH] [RFC] fbcon: Add option to enable legacy hardware acceleration

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

Hi Helge,

Thanks for your patch!

On Wed, Jan 26, 2022 at 8:20 AM Helge Deller <deller at gmx.de> wrote:
> Add a config option CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE_LEGACY_ACCELERATION to
> enable bitblt and fillrect hardware acceleration in the framebuffer
> console. If disabled, such acceleration will not be used, even if it is
> supported by the graphics hardware driver.

Note that acceleration also includes ypan and ywrap.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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