Re: [Feature Wish] GGI in Linux 2.3
Geert Uytterhoeven (Geert.Uytterhoeven@cs.kuleuven.ac.be)
Thu, 15 Jan 1998 17:23:47 +0100 (CET)
On Tue, 13 Jan 1998 mharris@ican.net wrote:
> I think that GGI should be incorporated in 2.1.x myself, as it is
> more stable than some of the code that is in 2.1.x right now, and
> being added daily. As someone else allready stated, the feature
> freeze, isn't really being held very tightly. 6 months ago, I
> heard 2.2 would be out for christmas maybe. I put my bets on
> Apr/Jun 98, and I think that it will eventually come out around
> then or later. GGI works fine on my system right now. I haven't
^^^^^^^^^
> mucked with it too much, but is a nice step in the right
> direction I believe. "The Right Thing to Do" (TM)
What kind of system do you have? m68k? PPC? Alpha? SPARC? MIPS?
I don't want to offense anyone, but I hope you will get my point now.
> If incorporated into ANY official kernel EVER, it should, and
> probably would be an option in "make menuconfig". Turning on GGI
> support would switch all console code to the GGI stuff, etc...
That's a sensible idea...
Greetings,
Geert
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Geert Uytterhoeven Geert.Uytterhoeven@cs.kuleuven.ac.be
Wavelets, Linux/{m68k~Amiga,PPC~CHRP} http://www.cs.kuleuven.ac.be/~geert/
Department of Computer Science -- Katholieke Universiteit Leuven -- Belgium