Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754096Ab0K1TL4 (ORCPT ); Sun, 28 Nov 2010 14:11:56 -0500 Received: from solo.fdn.fr ([80.67.169.19]:55855 "EHLO solo.fdn.fr" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753866Ab0K1TLz (ORCPT ); Sun, 28 Nov 2010 14:11:55 -0500 Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2010 20:11:52 +0100 From: Samuel Thibault To: Microcai Cc: "jonsmirl@gmail.com" , Theodore Tso , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-console@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: VT console need rewrite Message-ID: <20101128191152.GV10602@const.famille.thibault.fr> Mail-Followup-To: Samuel Thibault , Microcai , "jonsmirl@gmail.com" , Theodore Tso , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-console@vger.kernel.org References: <1290941875.13526.15.camel@cai.gentoo> <73BC440E-833E-4E1B-ACCC-5D68BAB89D83@mit.edu> <1290951770.13526.18.camel@cai.gentoo> <1290954545.13526.27.camel@cai.gentoo> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <1290954545.13526.27.camel@cai.gentoo> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.12-2006-07-14 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 641 Lines: 18 Microcai, le Sun 28 Nov 2010 22:29:05 +0800, a ?crit : > So, here is the design according to your description .. > > JUST export /dev/fb and /dev/pts and /dev/console > The kernel use /dev/console, but invisible. > The rest of the world uses /dev/pts > > Make init using /dev/fb to display boot message, and agetty runs > on /dev/pts Errr, but that already exists, that's fbterm... Samuel -- 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/