Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: VT console need rewrite | From | Microcai <> | Date | Mon, 29 Nov 2010 00:20:07 +0800 |
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> > Another possible model: split the current system in 2, so there's a > bytestream handler, and a vt-legacy module. Then use the interface > between bytestream/legacy as an interface for future vt-kernel and > vt-user modules.
this may cause early printk stop working.
> > This may make it possible to create an initial patch to do the split, > then work on the new system independently of the current vt system. > Hopefully reducing any problems with api/subsystem inconsistencies > breaking existing code elsewhere, by giving it time to adapt. > > This is guesswork on my part as I haven't actually looked at the code, > so while it sounds good in theory, you'd have to check if it's actually > doable. >
Sounds like a good idea. Who is in charge of VT system ? Seems no one ....
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