From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Samuel Thibault Subject: Re: VT console need rewrite Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2010 09:16:39 +0100 Message-ID: <20101129081639.GA5142@const.bordeaux.inria.fr> 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-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1290993006.877.0.camel@cai.gentoo> Sender: linux-console-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" To: Microcai Cc: "jonsmirl@gmail.com" , Theodore Tso , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-console@vger.kernel.org Microcai, le Mon 29 Nov 2010 09:10:06 +0800, a =C3=A9crit : > =E5=9C=A8 2010-11-28=E6=97=A5=E7=9A=84 20:11 +0100=EF=BC=8CSamuel Thi= bault=E5=86=99=E9=81=93=EF=BC=9A > > Microcai, le Sun 28 Nov 2010 22:29:05 +0800, a =C3=A9crit : > > > So, here is the design according to your description ..=20 > > >=20 > > > JUST export /dev/fb and /dev/pts and /dev/console > > > The kernel use /dev/console, but invisible.=20 > > > The rest of the world uses /dev/pts > > >=20 > > > Make init using /dev/fb to display boot message, and agetty runs > > > on /dev/pts > >=20 > > Errr, but that already exists, that's fbterm... >=20 > Every time someone try to implement something , some other guy will j= ump > 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-console= " in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html