Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Wed, 9 Mar 2005 10:34:59 +0100 (CET) | | From | Geert Uytterhoeven <> | | Subject | Re: [Linux-fbdev-devel] [announce 0/7] fbsplash - The Framebuffer Splash |
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On Wed, 9 Mar 2005, Jon Smirl wrote: > Another idea would be to build a console is user space. Think of it as > a full screen xterm. A user space console has access to full hardware > acceleration using the DRM interface.
Yep. And that's what Alan Cox wanted to do. Console in userspace, eye candy (using Porter-Duff blending) as much as you want, full UTF-8 support, ...
Gr{oetje,eeting}s, Geert
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