Re: About fb

Marc Mutz (Marc@Mutz.com)
Mon, 19 Jul 1999 16:35:22 +0200

bluexiao wrote:
>
> With 2.3 development, is it have a plan writing module_fb can load in
> runtime ?
That would be hard to do since you need the console driver the whole
time the box runs.

> I wonder why frame buffer is not written in assemby.
Portability reasons, readability of code, you name it.

> I wish kernel can
> be a flex-modable stuff, user can generate a server kernel ( with small
> functional but stable ), or a "game" kernel, with most fashions in it ;-)
>
You can do that already, if you compile your own kernel. Read the
Kernel-HOWTO for how to do that.

Marc

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Marc Mutz <Marc@Mutz.com>                    http://marc.mutz.com/
University of Bielefeld, Dep. of Mathematics / Dep. of Physics


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