Re: PATCH, accessibility, adaptive modules, 2.6.0

[Pavel Machek]

Hi!

> Type of change:
> 
> Make LInux easily accessible to people with various disabilities.
> 
> I can tell you, from personal experience,
> that trying to patch and build and install a new kernel,
> *before* I receive any feedback whatsoever from the computer,
> is nearly impossible.
> Yet that's what we must do today, if we want a kernel-resident adapter.
> 
> This patch has been "in the works" for four years,
> and I have used the system, 8 hours a day, for all that time.
> Of course it has moved through many versions.
> This is the patch for version 2.6.0.
> 
> Note that this patch does not install any specific adapters.
> Rather, it makes the kernel "accessible".
> Thus it is ready for adaptive modules,
> just as the kernel stands ready to acccept ethernet drivers,
> sound card drivers, etc.

Why is not handled same way as - say - serial console? Accessible
kernel seems pretty similar to kernel running with console over serial
port... Big infrastructure should not be needed.
								Pavel
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