From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S265404AbTFMRNw (ORCPT ); Fri, 13 Jun 2003 13:13:52 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S265437AbTFMRNw (ORCPT ); Fri, 13 Jun 2003 13:13:52 -0400 Received: from 81-2-122-30.bradfords.org.uk ([81.2.122.30]:3456 "EHLO 81-2-122-30.bradfords.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S265404AbTFMRNs (ORCPT ); Fri, 13 Jun 2003 13:13:48 -0400 Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2003 18:34:29 +0100 From: John Bradford Message-Id: <200306131734.h5DHYTtn000213@81-2-122-30.bradfords.org.uk> To: jsimmons@infradead.org, terje_fb@yahoo.no Subject: Re: Real multi-user linux Cc: john@grabjohn.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > The next stage will be non PC boards supporting more than > one graphics display output. Every now and then you see such a > board. I seen a 8 graphics chip board with 8 video outputs. As the number of terminals increases you might want to investigate the possibility of terminal driving units connected to the main box, like this: ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- | T | | T | | T | | T | | T | | T | ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- |______ | ______| |______ | ______| | | | | | | ----- ----- | D | | D | ----- ----- |_______________________| | ----- | L | ----- T=Terminal D=Terminal driving unit L=Linux box John.