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