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diff --git a/drivers/video/console/Kconfig b/drivers/video/console/Kconfig
index c3f1fb9ee820..5b71bd905a60 100644
--- a/drivers/video/console/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/video/console/Kconfig
@@ -43,9 +43,30 @@ config VGACON_SOFT_SCROLLBACK_SIZE
range 1 1024
default "64"
help
- Enter the amount of System RAM to allocate for the scrollback
- buffer. Each 64KB will give you approximately 16 80x25
- screenfuls of scrollback buffer
+ Enter the amount of System RAM to allocate for scrollback
+ buffers of VGA consoles. Each 64KB will give you approximately
+ 16 80x25 screenfuls of scrollback buffer.
+
+config VGACON_SOFT_SCROLLBACK_PERSISTENT_ENABLE_BY_DEFAULT
+ bool "Persistent Scrollback History for each console by default"
+ depends on VGACON_SOFT_SCROLLBACK
+ default n
+ help
+ Say Y here if the scrollback history should persist by default when
+ switching between consoles. Otherwise, the scrollback history will be
+ flushed each time the console is switched. This feature can also be
+ enabled using the boot command line parameter
+ 'vgacon.scrollback_persistent=1'.
+
+ This feature might break your tool of choice to flush the scrollback
+ buffer, e.g. clear(1) will work fine but Debian's clear_console(1)
+ will be broken, which might cause security issues.
+ You can use the escape sequence \e[3J instead if this feature is
+ activated.
+
+ Note that a buffer of VGACON_SOFT_SCROLLBACK_SIZE is taken for each
+ created tty device.
+ So if you use a RAM-constrained system, say N here.
config MDA_CONSOLE
depends on !M68K && !PARISC && ISA