Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1999 10:54:19 +0100 (CET) From: Søren Schmidt <sos@freebsd.dk> To: thallgren@yahoo.com (Tommy Hallgren) Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: New Syscons and GGI Message-ID: <199901250954.KAA28306@freebsd.dk> In-Reply-To: <19990125090940.490.rocketmail@send104.yahoomail.com> from Tommy Hallgren at "Jan 25, 1999 1: 9:40 am"
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It seems Tommy Hallgren wrote: > Hi! > > Now that the console system is restructured, shouldn't we consider > using GGI instead of inventing the wheel? > > I happened to find this link and they seem to be positive to > supporting FreeBSD. > > http://synergy.caltech.edu/~ggi/mailinglist/ev-mar98/139.html Hmm, I've been following what they are doing for quite awhile, and frankly I dont see why we should move at this point in time. However it is possible to write a KLD module that would provide the hooks for a GGI compliant interface, so you could write such a beast if you want GGI functionality. There also is a licencing problem with GGI, the kernel gunk is IIRC free under a BSD like licence, but the userland stuff are GPL, which we try to stay clear of for obvious reasons. - Søren To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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