Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261222AbVCKSDb (ORCPT ); Fri, 11 Mar 2005 13:03:31 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261237AbVCKSDb (ORCPT ); Fri, 11 Mar 2005 13:03:31 -0500 Received: from pentafluge.infradead.org ([213.146.154.40]:34521 "EHLO pentafluge.infradead.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261222AbVCKSD1 (ORCPT ); Fri, 11 Mar 2005 13:03:27 -0500 Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2005 18:03:20 +0000 (GMT) From: James Simmons X-X-Sender: jsimmons@pentafluge.infradead.org To: Linux Frame Buffer Device Development cc: Geert Uytterhoeven , Alan Cox , James Simmons , Michal Januszewski , Linux Kernel Development , "Antonino A. Daplas" Subject: Re: [Linux-fbdev-devel] [announce 0/7] fbsplash - The Framebuffer Splash In-Reply-To: <20050310145419.GD632@openzaurus.ucw.cz> Message-ID: References: <20050308015731.GA26249@spock.one.pl> <200503091301.15832.adaplas@hotpop.com> <9e473391050308220218cc26a3@mail.gmail.com> <1110392212.3116.215.camel@localhost.localdomain> <1110408049.9942.275.camel@localhost.localdomain> <20050310145419.GD632@openzaurus.ucw.cz> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1162 Lines: 26 > > > Thats why moving the eye candy console into user space is such a good > > > idea. You don't have to run it 8) It also means that the console > > > development is accessible to all the crazy rasterman types. > > > > Yep. The basic console we already have. Everyone who wants eye candy can switch > > from basic console to user space console in early userspace. > > > > Heh, I'm afraid it does not work like that. Anyone who wants eye-candy > simply applies broken patch to their kernel... unless their distribution applied one > already. > > Situation where we have one working eye-candy patch would certainly > be an improvement. Why do we need patches in the kernel. Just set you config to CONFIG_DUMMY_CONSOLE, CONFIG_FB, CONFIG_INPUT and don't set fbcon or vgacon. Then have a userspace app using /dev/fb and /dev/input create a userland console. There is no need to do special hacks in the kernel. - 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/