From owner-freebsd-emulation Fri Jun 13 14:30:38 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id OAA21502 for emulation-outgoing; Fri, 13 Jun 1997 14:30:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id OAA21496 for ; Fri, 13 Jun 1997 14:30:34 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from msmith@localhost) by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.8.5/8.7.3) id HAA28153; Sat, 14 Jun 1997 07:00:10 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199706132130.HAA28153@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: svgalib in Linux emulator? In-Reply-To: <6111.199706131840@figroll.csv.warwick.ac.uk> from Mr M P Searle at "Jun 13, 97 07:40:17 pm" To: csubl@csv.warwick.ac.uk (Mr M P Searle) Date: Sat, 14 Jun 1997 07:00:10 +0930 (CST) Cc: emulation@freebsd.org X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL28 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-emulation@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Please direct emulation-related questions to the emulation list. Mr M P Searle stands accused of saying: > Has anyone got anything to work in the Linux emulator that uses svgalib? > That would be a Very Good Thing, I'm sure there's as much svgalib stuff > for Linux as there is X. When you're ready, please submit your patches to one or more of the console drivers to allow the complete recovery of an unrecordable, unpredictable stae machine (the VGA chipset). Translation : VGALIB sucks. It is a festering abomination, and supporting it is more headache than Soren (our console hero) or anyone else is particularly keen on right now. -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[