Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 28 Jul 2000 19:16:07 -0400 (EDT) | From | James Simmons <> | Subject | Re: Printing the messages through printk while using Xwindows. |
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> > Therefore, its fine if you've got one of the few cards that fbcon > > works with. Otherwise you're using vgacon, and it doesn't work. > > It does actually work on plain vga without any fb support at all. Try it > and see. Here is a little ready-to-compile module for you to try. ... > print_string(char *str) > { > struct tty_struct *tty = current->tty; > > (*tty->driver.write)(tty, 0, str, strlen(str)); > (*tty->driver.write)(tty, 0, "\015\012", 2); > }
First why not use printk ? Second I don't think this approach is not safe. Take a look at tty_io.c to see what is really involved to write to tty. If you really want to write to a VT via the tty layer look at respond_string in console.c. Note that is only for VTs.
Q: Why did they deprecate a.out support in linux? A: Because a nasty coff is bad for your elf.
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