RE: [Linuxconsole-dev] writeup

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

> -----Original Message-----
> From: James Simmons [mailto: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.

You misunderstood me.  I was referring to the console that gets kernel
printk() output.  This really doesn't have anything to do with VTs.

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