Messages in this thread |  | | From | Marek Michalkiewicz <> | Subject | Re: wish list | Date | Mon, 13 May 1996 12:33:06 +0200 (MET DST) |
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> > It would also be good to get rid of raw keyboard mode. > > We don't need to get rid of it. We need a hardcoded sequence of > the alt-ctrl-shift-meta-space variety that forces the mode back. The > problem with this is emacs has taken all such sequences already ;)
There is a patch which implements the SAK (Ctrl-SysRq by default, root can change it) and which makes it and Ctrl-Alt-Del work in raw mode. At the very least, if things get messed up, you can at least do a clean shutdown. Are there any reasons why this patch isn't in the standard kernel yet?
As for the 2.0 wish list, here is what I would add to it: - SAK and Ctrl-Alt-Del working in raw mode as said above - working allocation of large memory blocks (either that or mark the ftape as module option EXPERIMENTAL - it won't load except just after booting because it can't find free contiguous 32KB of DMAble memory) - kernel PLL updated to the current xntpd specs - iBCS in the standard kernel (module or compiled in) - serial console, I think there is a patch for that available somewhere
I hope these things can be done in time, before networking is stable :)
Marek
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