Re: [announce 0/7] fbsplash - The Framebuffer Splash
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From: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
Date: 2005-03-09 21:29:21
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On Wed, 9 Mar 2005, Alan Cox wrote:
On Mer, 2005-03-09 at 09:34, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:quoted
On Wed, 9 Mar 2005, Jon Smirl wrote:quoted
Another idea would be to build a console is user space. Think of it as a full screen xterm. A user space console has access to full hardware acceleration using the DRM interface.Yep. And that's what Alan Cox wanted to do. Console in userspace, eye candy (using Porter-Duff blending) as much as you want, full UTF-8 support, ...Jon is the origin of those ideas not me, I'm merely supporting them providing there is still a basic kernel side console.
Thanks for correcting me!
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
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