From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
Cc: Linux Frame Buffer Device Development
<linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net>,
Michal Januszewski <spock@gentoo.org>,
Linux Kernel Development <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
"Antonino A. Daplas" <adaplas@hotpop.com>
Subject: Re: [Linux-fbdev-devel] [announce 0/7] fbsplash - The Framebuffer Splash
Date: Wed, 09 Mar 2005 18:16:53 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1110392212.3116.215.camel@localhost.localdomain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.62.0503091033400.22598@numbat.sonytel.be>
On Mer, 2005-03-09 at 09:34, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> On Wed, 9 Mar 2005, Jon Smirl wrote:
> > 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.
Alan
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-03-09 18:16 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-03-08 1:57 [announce 0/7] fbsplash - The Framebuffer Splash Michal Januszewski
2005-03-08 19:46 ` James Simmons
2005-03-08 20:52 ` Jon Smirl
2005-03-08 22:27 ` James Simmons
2005-03-09 11:38 ` [Linux-fbdev-devel] " Pavel Machek
2005-03-09 22:47 ` Christoph Hellwig
2005-03-09 5:01 ` Antonino A. Daplas
2005-03-09 6:02 ` Jon Smirl
2005-03-09 9:34 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2005-03-09 18:16 ` Alan Cox [this message]
2005-03-09 20:33 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2005-03-09 20:45 ` James Simmons
2005-03-09 22:40 ` [Linux-fbdev-devel] " Alan Cox
2005-03-10 9:12 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2005-03-10 14:54 ` Pavel Machek
2005-03-11 18:03 ` [Linux-fbdev-devel] " James Simmons
2005-03-11 18:13 ` Jon Smirl
2005-03-15 18:58 ` James Simmons
2005-03-15 19:03 ` Jon Smirl
2005-03-15 19:22 ` James Simmons
2005-03-15 20:39 ` [Linux-fbdev-devel] " Lee Revell
2005-03-13 18:20 ` Pavel Machek
2005-03-13 18:53 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2005-03-13 19:24 ` Jon Smirl
2005-03-13 19:34 ` [Linux-fbdev-devel] " Elladan
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