Date: Mon, 23 Mar 1998 20:47:41 -0800 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au> Cc: Andrzej Bialecki <abial@nask.pl>, =?ISO-8859-2?Q?S=F8ren_Schmidt?= <sos@FreeBSD.ORG>, Jonathan Lemon <jlemon@americantv.com>, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: BIOS calls Message-ID: <199803240447.UAA15246@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 24 Mar 1998 15:06:26 %2B1030." <199803240436.PAA10430@cain.gsoft.com.au>
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> > > > 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
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