From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Niklas_H=F6glund?= <niklas@canit.se>
  To  : ggi-develop@eskimo.com
  Date: Fri, 20 Aug 1999 18:53:11 +0200

Re: VC Switching

On Thu, Aug 19, 1999 at 09:07:52PM +0200, Andreas Beck wrote:
> > Not nesseccarily. If all accels are performed by the kernel (as is the
> > case when using ping-pong buffers), the kernel knows what state the
> > kernel is in. 
> 
> Yes. But we can't demand that. The speed freaks fraction will kill us.

But it would be possible to make that a compiletime choice. Either get
that extra speed or be sure you can always switch virtual terminals.
(On bad cards that would be: "Either get no extra speed or be sure ...") 

-- 
						Niklas