From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Lucio De Re To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Subject: Re: [9fans] Where is vgactl? Message-ID: <20011026184309.B20412@cackle.proxima.alt.za> References: <20011026153104.AC35119A2F@mail.cse.psu.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <20011026153104.AC35119A2F@mail.cse.psu.edu>; from forsyth@vitanuova.com on Fri, Oct 26, 2001 at 04:36:18PM +0100 Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2001 18:43:09 +0200 Topicbox-Message-UUID: 0eaabfbe-eaca-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 On Fri, Oct 26, 2001 at 04:36:18PM +0100, forsyth@vitanuova.com wrote: > > aux/vga doesn't serve it; #v/vgactl is the kernel's exposed interface > to its part of the vga graphics support. > I'll always carry my first language with me and will never learn to disambiguate English sentences. I meant: "Would it make sense for aux/vga to set up the VGA environment - based on a much simpler kernel device - and then serve /dev/vga* itself?" ++L