Re: [Linux-fbdev-devel] [announce 0/7] fbsplash - The Framebuffer Splash

[Pavel M. <pa...@uc...>]

Hi!

> > > Thank you. We need some kind of basic console in the kernel. I'm not the 
> > > biggest fan of eye candy. So moving the console to userspace for eye candy 
> > > is a dumb idea.
> > 
> > Thats why moving the eye candy console into user space is such a good
> > idea. You don't have to run it 8) It also means that the console
> > development is accessible to all the crazy rasterman types.
> 
> Yep. The basic console we already have. Everyone who wants eye candy can switch
> from basic console to user space console in early userspace.
> 

Heh, I'm afraid it does not work like that. Anyone who wants eye-candy
simply applies broken patch to their kernel... unless their distribution applied one
already.

Situation where we have one working eye-candy patch would certainly
be an improvement.
				Pavel
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