Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751468Ab0K2IQo (ORCPT ); Mon, 29 Nov 2010 03:16:44 -0500 Received: from mail2-relais-roc.national.inria.fr ([192.134.164.83]:33887 "EHLO mail2-relais-roc.national.inria.fr" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751006Ab0K2IQm (ORCPT ); Mon, 29 Nov 2010 03:16:42 -0500 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.59,275,1288566000"; d="scan'208";a="81139750" Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2010 09:16:39 +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: <20101129081639.GA5142@const.bordeaux.inria.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> <20101128191152.GV10602@const.famille.thibault.fr> <1290993006.877.0.camel@cai.gentoo> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <1290993006.877.0.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: 1109 Lines: 28 Microcai, le Mon 29 Nov 2010 09:10:06 +0800, a écrit : > 在 2010-11-28日的 20:11 +0100，Samuel Thibault写道： > > Microcai, le Sun 28 Nov 2010 22:29:05 +0800, a écrit : > > > 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... > > Every time someone try to implement something , some other guy will jump > out and say, that already exist, in user-space ..... blablablabla But isn't that basically what you are describing? (i.e. what's the use of using a pts and /dev/fb, if not for a userlevel terminal to actually do the work?) 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/