Re: Kernel video driver (was: Boot problem @ /hurd/ext2fs.static)
Daniel Borgmann <daniel@liebesgedichte.net> wrote:
> That sounds like a good plan.
It is our plan, so obviously it must be good. ;-)
> I mean, should the translator just be something like a "pipe" to
> the video memory or should it already provide drawing functions? Should
> it allow access from every application?
I don't think it should be a pipe. It should make it possible for
applications to map the video buffer into their own memory. In addition
to that, it could provide a nice RPC drawing interface.
As to who should be able to access it, well, don't we have the file
permission bits for that?
Cheers,
GNU/Wolfgang
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