From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sat, 22 Dec 2001 17:30:48 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sat, 22 Dec 2001 17:30:38 -0500 Received: from smtp1.vol.cz ([195.250.128.73]:29969 "EHLO smtp1.vol.cz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sat, 22 Dec 2001 17:30:28 -0500 Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2001 19:36:46 +0100 From: Pavel Machek To: Alan Cox Cc: Frank Mehnert , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Asynchronous Video =?iso-8859-1?Q?Cons?= =?iso-8859-1?Q?ole_f=FCr?= Linux? Message-ID: <20011222193646.A227@elf.ucw.cz> In-Reply-To: <20011218010300.B37@toy.ucw.cz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.23i X-Warning: Reading this can be dangerous to your mental health. Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi! > > > are there exist any projects for connecting video consoles to the Linux > > > kernel asynchronous? We would like to write a Linux video console for a > > > (comparatively) slow device which is able to run simple console > > > applications upto the fbdev X-server. > > > > > > Please cc your answer to me. > > > > I do not know about any such project and yes it would be nice. > > > > Its bad to see find / limited by vesafb speed... > > There is no fundamental reason you cannot do this. For the kernel side the > console driver in text mode already gives you the 80x25 + attributes image > that you can use to do asynchronous video updates however your hardware > works. I never said it was hard to write... And it would make sun4 usable as terminal, and would greatly help on vesafb machines. Pavel -- (about SSSCA) "I don't say this lightly. However, I really think that the U.S. no longer is classifiable as a democracy, but rather as a plutocracy." --hpa