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From: Andi Kleen <ak@muc.de>
To: Greg Stark <gsstark@mit.edu>
Cc: Martin Pool <mbp@sourcefrog.net>, Andi Kleen <ak@muc.de>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: KDB in the mainstream 2.4.x kernels?
Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2003 18:23:03 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20030825162303.GA7288@averell> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87y8xiexue.fsf@stark.dyndns.tv>

On Mon, Aug 25, 2003 at 08:16:41AM -0400, Greg Stark wrote:
> There was a proposal a long ways back to allow X to download instructions to
> the kernel on how to restore the video mode. The proposal was to code the
> instructions as a forth program that frobbed registers appropriately. The
> kernel would have a small forth interpretor to run it. Then switching
> resolutions could happen safely in the kernel.

Did the proposal come with working code?

-Andi

  reply	other threads:[~2003-08-25 16:23 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <aJIn.3mj.15@gated-at.bofh.it>
2003-07-18 20:43 ` KDB in the mainstream 2.4.x kernels? Andi Kleen
2003-07-19  0:31   ` linas
2003-07-19  0:57     ` Andi Kleen
2003-07-20 12:55   ` Keith Owens
2003-07-20 13:31     ` David S. Miller
2003-07-20 22:27       ` Keith Owens
2003-07-21 15:06     ` Andi Kleen
2003-07-29 19:44   ` Robin Holt
2003-08-13  4:40   ` Martin Pool
2003-08-13 11:04     ` Andi Kleen
2003-08-25 12:16       ` Greg Stark
2003-08-25 16:23         ` Andi Kleen [this message]
2003-08-26 13:39           ` Greg Stark
2003-08-27 13:49           ` Alan Cox
2003-08-30 10:35             ` Pavel Machek
2003-09-02 20:40 Tolentino, Matthew E
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2003-08-28 17:08 Tolentino, Matthew E
2003-08-28 20:24 ` Alan Cox
2003-07-18 20:06 linas

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