Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757530AbXJGXJX (ORCPT ); Sun, 7 Oct 2007 19:09:23 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754777AbXJGXJQ (ORCPT ); Sun, 7 Oct 2007 19:09:16 -0400 Received: from sovereign.computergmbh.de ([85.214.69.204]:33076 "EHLO sovereign.computergmbh.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751300AbXJGXJP (ORCPT ); Sun, 7 Oct 2007 19:09:15 -0400 Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2007 01:09:14 +0200 (CEST) From: Jan Engelhardt To: Alan Cox cc: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu, Oleg Verych , Ingo Molnar , Linux Kernel Mailing List , Dave Jones , Krzysztof Halasa Subject: Re: NAK nettiquete (was Re: "Re: [PATCH 0/2] Colored kernel output (run2)" In-Reply-To: <20071007172306.1ca662fd@the-village.bc.nu> Message-ID: References: <20071007172306.1ca662fd@the-village.bc.nu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 810 Lines: 23 On Oct 7 2007 17:23, Alan Cox wrote: > >>>- If you want to do "pretty" boot up you do it in X or frame buffer >>>(which is going to get easier and easier with the X shift to kernel side >>>video support) >> >> fb is slow. Feels like a 9600bps serial line. > >So fix your fb. There is enough information to cover 2D scrolling for >most modern cards now. > >> Let everyone have his own fun. > >The point isn't to put everyones "fun" into the kernel, or by now it >would have become a steaming heap. We do have a steaming heap of obscure hardware drivers, actually. - 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/