Previously, this was done by telling the client to put a space at each
character in the range. This was inefficient, because a large number of
function calls took place and incorrect, as the ANSI standard dictates
that character attributes should be cleared as well.
The newly added `clear_in_line` function solves this issue. It performs
just one bounds check when it's called and can be implemented as a
pretty tight loop.
Previously, we converted colors to their RGB values immediately when
they were set. This meant that their semantic meaning was lost, we could
not tell a precise RGB value apart from a named/indexed color.
The new way of storing colors will allow us to retain this information,
so we can change a color scheme on the fly, and previously emitted text
will also be affected.
Problem:
- `static` variables consume memory and sometimes are less
optimizable.
- `static const` variables can be `constexpr`, usually.
- `static` function-local variables require an initialization check
every time the function is run.
Solution:
- If a global `static` variable is only used in a single function then
move it into the function and make it non-`static` and `constexpr`.
- Make all global `static` variables `constexpr` instead of `const`.
- Change function-local `static const[expr]` variables to be just
`constexpr`.
As we removed the support of VBE modesetting that was done by GRUB early
on boot, we need to determine if we can modeset the resolution with our
drivers, and if not, we should enable text mode and ensure that
SystemServer knows about it too.
Also, SystemServer should first check if there's a framebuffer device
node, which is an indication that text mode was not even if it was
requested. Then, if it doesn't find it, it should check what boot_mode
argument the user specified (in case it's self-test). This way if we
try to use bochs-display device (which is not VGA compatible) and
request a text mode, it will not honor the request and will continue
with graphical mode.
Also try to print critical messages with mininum memory allocations
possible.
In LibVT, We make the implementation flexible for kernel-specific
methods that are implemented in ConsoleImpl class.
