On Iau, 2004-05-13 at 01:58, Jon Smirl wrote: > --- Alan Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > argument for _good_ console support becomes that after boot you run a > > graphical user space console app built with OpenGL, antialiased true > > When I proposed this a couple of months back both you and Linus called me > insane. I need to go find those posts.
At the time you seemed to want to get rid of the actual in kernel basic console - that is why. > There is still a master kernel based console that handles boot, printk, oops and > kdbg. Each head will use the kernel based console to implement SAK. Ctrl-Alt-Del > gets you SAK, SysReq get you the kernel console. No logins on the kernel console > it is write only No it needs to be read/write. You want it for embedded setups, for debugging and for all those inconvenient "rescue the computer" situations. (and for kernel debuggers..) ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: SourceForge.net Broadband Sign-up now for SourceForge Broadband and get the fastest 6.0/768 connection for only $19.95/mo for the first 3 months! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=2562&alloc_id=6184&op=click -- _______________________________________________ Dri-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dri-devel
