James Richard Tyrer wrote: >> And anyway whats the VGA for? > > If it is the a PC system's only video board, it must do VGA.
I do not know anybody who would like to configure his BIOS settings or install operating system on an Ethernet attached display. It is very inefficient to focus on that, as everybody has a display today - so near nobody will use this feature (it requires only BIOS coding for a dedicated ethernet card and a compatible display card - existing one, we do not want to make it.. well we can if you want to raise the cost of the solution). What about to make it just an Ethernet attached second video card - you load a kernel module and there you go - raise your X display by another desktop. Or run a separate X for it - using some VNC like protocol for 2D or directly run X on the device for these 2D things (informative display). For video it should just listen on a TCP port an expect an video stream thrown there.. the device should be quite autonomous. Maybe it would be better to re-clarify the requirements here again, if it should lead to some product.. It remembered me a joke about operating systems and airplanes: "UNIX: Everyone brings one piece of the plane along when they come to the airport. They all go out on the runway and put the plane together piece by piece, arguing non-stop about what kind of plane they are supposed to be building." Daniel _______________________________________________ Open-hardware-ethervideo mailing list [email protected] http://lists.duskglow.com/mailman/listinfo/open-hardware-ethervideo
