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From: Helge Hafting <helgehaf@aitel.hist.no>
To: Vojtech Pavlik <vojtech@suse.cz>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: linux as a minicomputer ?
Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2002 09:41:26 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3CB68FA6.F2DACB93@aitel.hist.no> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20020411170910.GS612@gallifrey> <20020411191339.B15435@ucw.cz> <20020411174941.GC17962@antefacto.com> <20020411.195921.730560311.rene.rebe@gmx.net> <20020411210606.A15783@ucw.cz>

Vojtech Pavlik wrote:

> > It IS the kernel's fault, because only one VT can be active. The
> > kernel VT stuff needs to be redesigned to hadle multiple VT at the
> > same time ...
> 
> Yes and no. You shouldn't need VTs to run Xservers at all.

Still a kernel problem, what if all the users want to run
vgacon/fbcon instead of X?  One VT per physical interface
is what we need, rather than "per machine".

Helge Hafting

  reply	other threads:[~2002-04-12  7:42 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 41+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-04-11 15:46 linux as a minicomputer ? John P. Looney
2002-04-11 16:43 ` Dr. David Alan Gilbert
2002-04-11 16:49   ` Vojtech Pavlik
2002-04-11 17:07     ` Ed Sweetman
2002-04-11 17:12       ` Vojtech Pavlik
     [not found]         ` <3CB69032.D332FA51@aitel.hist.no>
2002-04-12  8:08           ` Vojtech Pavlik
2002-04-11 17:09     ` Dr. David Alan Gilbert
2002-04-11 17:13       ` Vojtech Pavlik
2002-04-11 17:49         ` John P. Looney
2002-04-11 17:59           ` Rene Rebe
2002-04-11 18:46             ` James Simmons
2002-04-11 19:06             ` Vojtech Pavlik
2002-04-12  7:41               ` Helge Hafting [this message]
2002-04-12  8:09                 ` Vojtech Pavlik
2002-04-11 18:01           ` James Simmons
2002-04-11 19:07           ` Vojtech Pavlik
2002-04-13 19:03       ` Alan Cox
2002-04-11 19:45 ` H. Peter Anvin
2002-04-11 20:05   ` James Simmons
2002-04-12  7:31     ` Helge Hafting
2002-04-13 18:56   ` Alan Cox
2002-04-13 19:29     ` H. Peter Anvin
2002-04-13 19:37       ` Richard Gooch
2002-04-13 19:40         ` H. Peter Anvin
2002-04-13 19:49           ` Richard Gooch
2002-04-13 22:08             ` J.A. Magallon
2002-04-13 23:46               ` Richard Gooch
2002-04-13 19:51       ` Alan Cox
2002-04-13 19:36         ` H. Peter Anvin
2002-04-14  4:30         ` Bill Davidsen
2002-04-14 13:45           ` Alan Cox
2002-04-14 16:44             ` Sten
2002-04-14 16:50               ` Dr. David Alan Gilbert
2002-04-14 20:20                 ` H. Peter Anvin
2002-04-15 16:05                 ` Thomas Molina
2002-04-15  0:37             ` Rob Landley
2002-04-15  8:46               ` Helge Hafting
2002-04-15  9:10               ` Alan Cox
     [not found]               ` <3CBB522C.8070704@bcgreen.com>
2002-04-15 18:09                 ` Rob Landley
2002-04-14  2:35       ` ux " jw schultz
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2002-04-11 17:42 linux " Ivan Ivanov

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