From owner-freebsd-current Mon Mar 23 20:52:38 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA10404 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Mon, 23 Mar 1998 20:52:38 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (dingo.cdrom.com [204.216.28.145]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id UAA10377; Mon, 23 Mar 1998 20:52:24 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id UAA15246; Mon, 23 Mar 1998 20:47:43 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199803240447.UAA15246@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: "Daniel O'Connor" cc: Andrzej Bialecki , =?ISO-8859-2?Q?S=F8ren_Schmidt?= , Jonathan Lemon , current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: BIOS calls In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 24 Mar 1998 15:06:26 +1030." <199803240436.PAA10430@cain.gsoft.com.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Mon, 23 Mar 1998 20:47:41 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > > > eeeiiii haaaa... > > hip, hip, hurrayyy!!! > > Does it mean there are chances for userland video library supporting > > hi-res graphics? :-)) > How about making it an LKM? > Then the kernel will know how to put the video card back into a sane state > when your graphical app crashes.. Just bolt it into syscons instead of the current mode changing. Much more orthogonal. But one thing at a time - this code needs testing and cleaning. Start there. > Gee.. Lets just port the GGI API.. They are working on an X server which uses > GGI.. Mmm, no more unreadable kernel messages when your X server crashes.. *Yawn* The GGI stuff hasn't exactly impressed anyone with the speed with which it (hasn't) improved recently. I can't see it congealing into anything really useful before GLiDE completely obsoletes it. 8) -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message