Re: [announce 0/7] fbsplash - The Framebuffer Splash

On Sun, 13 Mar 2005, Pavel Machek wrote:

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Thats why moving the eye candy console into user space is such a good
idea. You don't have to run it 8) It also means that the console
development is accessible to all the crazy rasterman types.

Yep. The basic console we already have. Everyone who wants eye candy can switch
from basic console to user space console in early userspace.

Heh, I'm afraid it does not work like that. Anyone who wants eye-candy
simply applies broken patch to their kernel... unless their distribution applied one
already.

Situation where we have one working eye-candy patch would certainly
be an improvement.

Why do we need patches in the kernel. Just set you config to 
CONFIG_DUMMY_CONSOLE, CONFIG_FB, CONFIG_INPUT and don't set fbcon or 
vgacon. Then have a userspace app using /dev/fb and /dev/input create a 
userland console. There is no need to do special hacks in the kernel.

Except that I'll not get usefull reports from Oopsen and panic's,
right? Ideally I'd also like high-priority kernel messages to be
displayed during boot.

Indeed. I thought the idea was to use the existing fbcon support to draw
emergency messages to the screen.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

						Geert

--
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