Linux 5.17-rc3 Restores FBDEV Hardware-Accelerated Scrolling, Mixed Bag of Random Stuff

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Linux 5.17-rc3 Restores FBDEV Hardware-Accelerated Scrolling, Mixed Bag of Random Stuff

Linus Torvalds just released Linux 5.17-rc3 as the latest test kernel for Linux 5.17 that should be out as stable before the end of March...

https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Linux-5.17-rc3

[nuetzel]

- Finally.

[onlyLinuxLuvUBack]

now we just need a phoronix benchmark covering this

[ihatemichael]

"Can't install tmux so I'll bother everyone else with this crap"

[Mez']

Did anyone manage to make amd p-states work as the CPU scheduler driver for Zen 2+?
I've yet to launch 5.17, as I'm currently on a 40 days uptime that I'm not going to randomly stop.
But when I do, I'd like to know if there's something to change to make use of the p-state driver instead of cpufreq. E.g. a kernel parameter to pass.

[binarybanana]

It's annoying when it's impossible to error messages at boot because they get scrolled into oblivion too quickly.

"Can't install tmux so I'll bother everyone else with this crap"

I have yet to include tmux into my initramfs and redirect console messages there, but interesting idea.

[mazumoto]

This is not the re-enablement of scrolling in the native text-mode linux console (via shift-page up keys), is it?