RE: [Linuxconsole-dev] writeup

[James S. <jsi...@ac...>]

On Wed, 22 Mar 2000, Brad Douglas wrote:

> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: James Simmons [mailto:jsi...@ac...]
> > 
> > Not really. What about the ability to send kernel output to the printer.
> > Yes 2.3.X does have such ability. What about a system with a serial
> > console and regular VT. Yes some PC motherboards are now starting
> > to support serial consoles. The ia64 machines have both I believe. Which
> > one do we send it to then.
> 
> FYI, I briefly looked into the issue of multiple kernel "consoles" in 
> regard to multi-head.  It does not appear to be an issue...  There can
> only be one kernel console -- And it can be easily moved from device to
> device in userland (a program already exists).

Yuck. I want to have all my video cards and keybaords boot up as fully
functional consoles. Their are problems with con2fb. The biggest is no
locking on  SMP machines. With seperate VT pools on each display then 
life will be much easier.