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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. Mike A. Harris | Homepage: http://blackwidow.saultc.on.ca/~mharris Computer Consultant | I collect and browse commercial email sent to: root@127.0.0.1 URL: DEC - Digital Equipment Corp. http://www.digital.com - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu | ||||||||||||
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