Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262622AbTH0NvN (ORCPT ); Wed, 27 Aug 2003 09:51:13 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262989AbTH0NvM (ORCPT ); Wed, 27 Aug 2003 09:51:12 -0400 Received: from pc1-cwma1-5-cust4.swan.cable.ntl.com ([80.5.120.4]:33440 "EHLO dhcp23.swansea.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262622AbTH0NvL (ORCPT ); Wed, 27 Aug 2003 09:51:11 -0400 Subject: Re: KDB in the mainstream 2.4.x kernels? From: Alan Cox To: Andi Kleen Cc: Greg Stark , Martin Pool , Linux Kernel Mailing List In-Reply-To: <20030825162303.GA7288@averell> References: <20030813110453.GA26019@colin2.muc.de> <87y8xiexue.fsf@stark.dyndns.tv> <20030825162303.GA7288@averell> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <1061992194.22739.18.camel@dhcp23.swansea.linux.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.3 (1.4.3-3) Date: 27 Aug 2003 14:49:55 +0100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 657 Lines: 15 On Llu, 2003-08-25 at 17:23, Andi Kleen wrote: > > 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? I've seen workable non forth versions of the proposal yes. It isnt actually that hard to do for most video cards - 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/