RE: [Linuxconsole-dev] EvStack - 2.3.x?

[Brad D. <Br...@NE...>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: jmc...@li... [mailto:jmc...@li...]
> 
>   Hey there. As I currently ``maintain'' (ha!) the EvStack/GGI Console
> system, is there any call for a reimplementation of GGI Console
> to 2.3.x, using the fbdev drivers instead of KGI? (not that
> KGI backend support can't be added..)

What was it about EvStack/GGI that Linus didn't like?

>   A functional port of the output side of GGI Console to the 
> 2.3.x kernel will proably give us a good base to work on
> multihead issues, and I can use the 2.3.x /dev/event system for 
> input.

It appears that EvStacks (or some derivitive) is being used for USB.  I'm
not sure why all input devices aren't using it.  Event driven input seems
like a good idea (and very readable).

>   Shouldn't take more that two weeks by myself to port it to
> the ix86 arch. Any takers on testing this project?

If this is something everyone can agree on, I'm up for testing.

Brad Douglas
br...@ne...
http://www.linux-fbdev.org