Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sat, 8 Jun 2002 04:25:44 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sat, 8 Jun 2002 04:25:44 -0400 Received: from [195.39.17.254] ([195.39.17.254]:25505 "EHLO Elf.ucw.cz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sat, 8 Jun 2002 04:25:43 -0400 Date: Fri, 7 Jun 2002 23:35:16 +0200 From: Pavel Machek To: Daniel Phillips Cc: Mark Mielke , Oliver Xymoron , linux-kernel Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] Adeos nanokernel for Linux kernel Message-ID: <20020607213516.GA237@elf.ucw.cz> In-Reply-To:

<20020606224826.C3551@mark.mielke.cc> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i X-Warning: Reading this can be dangerous to your mental health. Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi! > > > I'll go further and say we need realtime processing in our desktops, not > > > only for signal processing but for more mundane things like moving the mouse > > > cursor smoothly (yes, this is another item that sucks in Linux). Sorry, I'm > > > a perfectionist, and I like precision. If you're not and you don't, just > > > say so, and we'll understand each other perfectly. > > > > It's called a hardware cursor... :-) > > It's called an omiscient harware cursor. It knows how and where to draw itself > without being told :-) Actually, I believe such systems existed. Mouse was plugged to the video card, and video card did mouse decoding. Pavel -- (about SSSCA) "I don't say this lightly. However, I really think that the U.S. no longer is classifiable as a democracy, but rather as a plutocracy." --hpa - 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/