>Well. Concerning this issue, currently, with GGI: you do not need to patch
>your kernel, but you can of course if you really insist in doing it.
>It may sound funny, but, in fact:
> - KGIcon is a bridge that allows to use KGI (1998 version) drivers
>within the context of the (now standard) linux fbcon/fbdev API. It also
>allows to use standard fbdev-only hw drivers (unless I stand corrected).
ok, I'm fuzzy here. if libggi can use KGI or fbcon, then why make a KGIcon
driver (differnt fron the KGI driver) which redirects KGI calls to fbcon
calls?
what is KGI supposed to do that fbcon does not?
(and KGIcon is not just a differnt name for KGI, right?)
> - libggi, the library runs on top of KGIcon, or on fbdev, or on X11...
>Theoretically it should run over anything, at anytime, anywhere, etc.
>(If it does not, report bugs to Andreas. ;-)
> - KGI 0.9 the 2000 version is currently being polished by Steffen Seeger
>and Jon Taylor. To try this one, you need to patch your kernel, to write
>your own device drivers for your favourite card, and more generally,
>be a _real_ man. But that's the funniest part (unless you want to do
>some production things with KGI).
>
>Well. I will stand corrected. Sure.
>
>Rodolphe
Thanks,
Corey
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