Messages in this thread | | | From | (Jason McMullan) | Subject | Re: [Feature Wish] GGI in Linux 2.3 | Date | 16 Jan 1998 05:43:54 GMT |
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Michael Schmitz (schmitzm@uclink4.berkeley.edu) wrote: > I guess in that case it's not meant to be tested as a part of the kernel, > except > as 'experimental' option, defaulting to 'off'. GGI seems to require fundamental > changes to video, console and keyboard code, I don't see how that can be done > as a simple config option.
In 0.0.9, no, it can't be done. However, the EvStack code (to be integrated into the next major GGI release) _is_ just a simple config option. Now that Linux has the CONFIG_VT config, when CONFIG_GGI is enabled it activates some key #ifdefs in drivers/char/*.c and drivers/char/Makefile, disabling the current console code. 90% of this has already been `found' for us by CONFIG_VT #ifdefs.
All the Kernel code in the EvStack release (see http://salsa.visus.com/~jmcc for browseable source code) is in the drivers/console/ hierarchy, save for a lonely ascii.h in include/linux, and the include/ggi/ tree. If CONFIG_GGI is enabled, drivers/console/Config.in `lights up' and the GGI portion can then be configured.
-- Jason McMullan - Linux - GGI - http://beans.visus.com/~jmcc NT 5.0 is the last nail in the Unix coffin. Interestingly, Unix isn't in the coffin... It's wondering what the heck is sealing itself into a wooden box 6 feet underground...
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