From owner-freebsd-current Mon Jan 25 01:54:28 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id BAA20001 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Mon, 25 Jan 1999 01:54:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from freebsd.dk (freebsd.dk [212.242.42.178]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id BAA19996 for ; Mon, 25 Jan 1999 01:54:24 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sos@freebsd.dk) Received: (from sos@localhost) by freebsd.dk (8.9.1/8.9.1) id KAA28306; Mon, 25 Jan 1999 10:54:20 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from sos) From: Søren Schmidt Message-Id: <199901250954.KAA28306@freebsd.dk> Subject: Re: New Syscons and GGI In-Reply-To: <19990125090940.490.rocketmail@send104.yahoomail.com> from Tommy Hallgren at "Jan 25, 1999 1: 9:40 am" To: thallgren@yahoo.com (Tommy Hallgren) Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1999 10:54:19 +0100 (CET) Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL43 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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