Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Tue, 24 Feb 1998 16:37:21 +0100 (MET) | | From | Stefan Mars <> | | Subject | Re: GGI, EGCS/PGCC, Kernel source |
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On Tue, 24 Feb 1998, Pavel Machek wrote:
> 1) It is step back: we used to have loadable keymaps. With ggi, kernel > contains files such as keyboard_english.c. Even if it is not run-time > bloat, it is source bloat.
Fixed by EvStack. It's being worked on already. We have to fix it to be able to handle multiple keyboards connected to the same machine.
> 2) It touches things it should not touch. It replaces big parts of > drivers/char. I know that keyboard etc. are somehow related to > graphics, but you really do not want to _replace_ low level > drivers. This way, ggi being config option would mean having drivers > twice.
Yes, well, I am not _the_ kernel hacker of GGI, but I have had it explained to me that it was necessary to be able to send keycodes etc to the right head/window/app/whatever. I will forward to those responsible.
-Stefan
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