From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Aug 13 08:11:21 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id IAA09718 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Thu, 13 Aug 1998 08:11:21 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from hotpoint.dcs.qmw.ac.uk (hotpoint.dcs.qmw.ac.uk [138.37.88.162]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id IAA09692; Thu, 13 Aug 1998 08:11:14 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from scott@dcs.qmw.ac.uk) Received: from brunos-sun.dcs.qmw.ac.uk [138.37.88.185]; by hotpoint.dcs.qmw.ac.uk (8.8.7/8.8.5/S-4.0) with SMTP; id QAA09162; Thu, 13 Aug 1998 16:10:44 +0100 (BST) Received: locally by brunos-sun (SMI-8.6/QMW-client-3.2b); poster "scott"; id QAA06957; Thu, 13 Aug 1998 16:04:06 +0100 Message-ID: <19980813160406.C6924@dcs.qmw.ac.uk> Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 16:04:06 +0100 From: Scott Mitchell To: multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: [scott@dcs.qmw.ac.uk: Re: FXTV and DGA] Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93.2i Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Oops! Sent this to -questions by accident. Sorry all. ----- Forwarded message from Scott Mitchell ----- Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 16:02:16 +0100 From: Scott Mitchell To: Roger Hardiman Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FXTV and DGA X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93.2i In-Reply-To: <35D2E663.7AF0@cs.strath.ac.uk>; from Roger Hardiman on Thu, Aug 13, 1998 at 02:13:07PM +0100 On Thu, Aug 13, 1998 at 02:13:07PM +0100, Roger Hardiman wrote: > As DGA is only used when the FXTV window is not occluded, then > I guess a small driver with no frame buffer is pretty pointless :-( > > Still I agree with Randall, the BIGKERNEL could be on the CD > and then made the default kernel in the installation program. This may be a dumb suggestion (I don't use fxtv so I have no idea if this will work or not), but couldn't the driver be made into an LKM? Then the user could set an option to have it enabled, during the install process. As I say, maybe impossible, but it would solve the problems of kernel bloat and ease of installation at once. Cheers, Scott. -- =========================================================================== Scott Mitchell | PGP Key ID |"If I can't have my coffee, I'm just | 0x54B171B9 | like a dried up piece of roast goat" QMW College, London, UK | 0xAA775B8B | -- J. S. Bach. ----- End forwarded message ----- -- =========================================================================== Scott Mitchell | PGP Key ID |"If I can't have my coffee, I'm just | 0x54B171B9 | like a dried up piece of roast goat" QMW College, London, UK | 0xAA775B8B | -- J. S. Bach. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message