Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261944AbTHYQXU (ORCPT ); Mon, 25 Aug 2003 12:23:20 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261986AbTHYQXU (ORCPT ); Mon, 25 Aug 2003 12:23:20 -0400 Received: from zero.aec.at ([193.170.194.10]:62213 "EHLO zero.aec.at") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261944AbTHYQXT (ORCPT ); Mon, 25 Aug 2003 12:23:19 -0400 Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2003 18:23:03 +0200 From: Andi Kleen To: Greg Stark Cc: Martin Pool , Andi Kleen , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: KDB in the mainstream 2.4.x kernels? Message-ID: <20030825162303.GA7288@averell> References: <20030813110453.GA26019@colin2.muc.de> <87y8xiexue.fsf@stark.dyndns.tv> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <87y8xiexue.fsf@stark.dyndns.tv> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 705 Lines: 15 On Mon, Aug 25, 2003 at 08:16:41AM -0400, Greg Stark wrote: > There was a proposal a long ways back to allow X to download instructions to > the kernel on how to restore the video mode. The proposal was to code the > instructions as a forth program that frobbed registers appropriately. The > kernel would have a small forth interpretor to run it. Then switching > resolutions could happen safely in the kernel. Did the proposal come with working code? -Andi - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/