Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2003 23:04:19 +0100 From: phk@freebsd.org To: Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@xcllnt.net> Cc: Peter Jeremy <peterjeremy@optushome.com.au>, Rodolphe Ortalo <ortalo@laas.fr>, arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: the mythical syscons redesign document ( was Re: Porting wscons ) Message-ID: <13888.1043532259@critter.freebsd.dk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 25 Jan 2003 13:55:50 PST." <20030125215550.GA589@dhcp01.pn.xcllnt.net>
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In message <20030125215550.GA589@dhcp01.pn.xcllnt.net>, Marcel Moolenaar writes : >On Sat, Jan 25, 2003 at 10:53:51PM +1100, Peter Jeremy wrote: >> >> Personally, I don't see why it's at all important to switch out of >> text mode quickly. Kernel output messages are inherently text so >> switching to a graphics mode just makes more work for the kernel. > >There are two reasons why I like switching to graphics mode early: Will panic messages and DDB work in graphics mode ? (Any reservations on this point and I'm dead set against it.) Will the kernel be sufficiently aware of the mode the Xserver have put the screen in, to allow panic and DDB to work even when running X ? (If yes, then I'm all for it :-) -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 phk@FreeBSD.ORG | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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