From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Rob Landley Subject: Re: [PATCH] console - Add configurable support for console charset translation Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2008 12:34:50 -0500 Message-ID: <200806041234.51352.rob@landley.net> References: <48447615.5050806@am.sony.com> <200806031631.09104.rob@landley.net> <4845C7A3.1020607@zytor.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <4845C7A3.1020607@zytor.com> Content-Disposition: inline Sender: linux-embedded-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: "H. Peter Anvin" Cc: Matt Mackall , Tim Bird , linux-embedded On Tuesday 03 June 2008 17:37:23 H. Peter Anvin wrote: > Rob Landley wrote: > >> Actually, lots have frame buffers these days. > > > > Cell phones, for instance. > > Sure, but do you want to use them as consoles? A friend of mine hacked his iPhone and got shell prompt on it, and it's quite usable with the touchscreen keyboard. (I very much want a linux box with that form factor, battery life, connectivity, at least that much memory...) And hooking a set top box up to an HDTV gives you better potential resolution than my laptop currently has, on a biiiiiig screen. They already display text for program listings and recorded program menus and such, plus you can add a mouse and keyboard via bluetooth or usb if you like... > -hpa Rob -- "One of my most productive days was throwing away 1000 lines of code." - Ken Thompson.