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README revision 1.1 
      1  1.1  ad $NetBSD: README,v 1.1 1999/04/13 00:17:57 ad Exp $
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      3  1.1  ad This directory contains 'rasops', a set of raster operations intended to
      4  1.1  ad replace the dev/rcons/raster stuff for both wscons and rcons. It yields
      5  1.1  ad significantly improved performance, supports multiple depths and color.
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      7  1.1  ad The stamp_mutex used by some of the colordepths is not fully atomic. It's
      8  1.1  ad designed to stop stamp corruption in the event that text is printed at
      9  1.1  ad interrupt time. Even if it fails, >99% of the time text will be white on
     10  1.1  ad black, so it doesn't really matter. Going to splhigh for each character is
     11  1.1  ad a Bad Thing.
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     13  1.1  ad Status of the various depths. Feel free to complete/test:
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     15  1.1  ad 	8	tested, complete
     16  1.1  ad 	15/16	untested, complete (endainness issues exist?)
     17  1.1  ad 	32	untested, complete (endainness issues exist?)
     18  1.1  ad 	1	untested, incomplete for non 8,16 pel fonts
     19  1.1  ad 	24	untested, incomplete, assumes RGB order
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     21  1.1  ad - Andy Doran <ad (a] NetBSD.org>, April 1999
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