From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263505AbTH3KpH (ORCPT ); Sat, 30 Aug 2003 06:45:07 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263514AbTH3KpH (ORCPT ); Sat, 30 Aug 2003 06:45:07 -0400 Received: from smtp-out1.iol.cz ([194.228.2.86]:3037 "EHLO smtp-out1.iol.cz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263505AbTH3KpE (ORCPT ); Sat, 30 Aug 2003 06:45:04 -0400 Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2003 12:35:23 +0200 From: Pavel Machek To: Alan Cox Cc: Andi Kleen , Greg Stark , Martin Pool , Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: KDB in the mainstream 2.4.x kernels? Message-ID: <20030830103523.GA386@elf.ucw.cz> References: <20030813110453.GA26019@colin2.muc.de> <87y8xiexue.fsf@stark.dyndns.tv> <20030825162303.GA7288@averell> <1061992194.22739.18.camel@dhcp23.swansea.linux.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1061992194.22739.18.camel@dhcp23.swansea.linux.org.uk> X-Warning: Reading this can be dangerous to your mental health. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.3i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi! > > > 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? > > I've seen workable non forth versions of the proposal yes. It isnt > actually that hard to do for most video cards We could make them use code for ACPI interpretter, that's already in and has advantage that graphics people might eventually ship it in card roms.... Pavel -- When do you have a heart between your knees? [Johanka's followup: and *two* hearts?]