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SubjectRe: greased ggi anyone?
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> There is one particular aspect of ggi that has always struck me as
> making sense: putting video mode switching into kernel space.
>
> Hypothetically, for the moment, what would it take implement this
> pearl? I can think of three things:
>
> (1) putting that part of the kggi interface into a development kernel.

Or some equivalent API yes. Note that an API for this exists on non-intel
platforms and should be copied with KGI below it

> (2) patch X to support this ioctl
> (3) patch svga to support this ioctl

> Ultimately, I'd like to be able to take any running graphics program,
> hit it with kill -9 and not lose my console.

And also

1. Switch back to text mode when displaying an oops/panic
2. Handle SAK properly on graphics consoles


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