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From mharris@ican ...
DateSun, 1 Mar 1998 21:25:26 -0500 (EST)
SubjectRe: GGI, EGCS/PGCC, Kernel source
On 26 Feb 1998, Jason McMullan wrote:

> Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> wrote with confidence:
> > 1.	If you only allow one user to have the frame buffer a time and keep
> > context on switches. > >> > 2.	If you dont pull MMU stunts to fault/block other tasks touching
> > 	the memory during such events. Also note most operations take so
> > 	few cycles a non scheduling spin is no big deal (SMP needs the mmu
> > 	stunt always alas).
> 
>    The current EvStack code works on these principles (most of which
> were learned in the GGI 0.0.9 devel process). The implemention of
> the /dev/graph is like this:
> 
> 	*) Only _one_ graphics app can open a VT at a time.

Yuk!  I'm hope, and am sure this will change though...

I like to run ZGV on one console, and X is usually running as
well.  I often run other console graphics apps such as splaymidi,
and Quake, etc...

It would be a bummer to only be able to run one gfx app on the
console.



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