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.TH "OPOST_BLOCK" "9" "09 October 2005" "" ""

.SH NAME
opost_block \- block postprocess
.SH SYNOPSIS
"SYNOPSIS"
.sp
\fB
.sp
ssize_t opost_block  (struct tty_struct * \fItty\fB, const unsigned char * \fIbuf\fB, unsigned int \fInr\fB);
\fR
.SH "ARGUMENTS"
.TP
\fB\fItty\fB\fR
terminal device
.TP
\fB\fIbuf\fB\fR
-- undescribed --
.TP
\fB\fInr\fB\fR
number of bytes
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
This path is used to speed up block console writes, among other
things when processing blocks of output data. It handles only
the simple cases normally found and helps to generate blocks of
symbols for the console driver and thus improve performance.
.PP
Called from write_chan under the tty layer write lock.