Re: VT console need rewrite

Samuel Thibault
2010-11-29T08:16:44Z

Microcai, le Mon 29 Nov 2010 09:10:06 +0800, a écrit :
> 在 2010-11-28日的 20:11 +0100，Samuel Thibault写道：
> > Microcai, le Sun 28 Nov 2010 22:29:05 +0800, a écrit :
> > > So, here is the design according to your description ..
> > >
> > > JUST export /dev/fb and /dev/pts and /dev/console
> > > The kernel use /dev/console, but invisible.
> > > The rest of the world uses /dev/pts
> > >
> > > Make init using /dev/fb to display boot message, and agetty runs
> > > on /dev/pts
> >
> > Errr, but that already exists, that's fbterm...
>
> Every time someone try to implement something , some other guy will jump
> 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