Marcus Brinkmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I don't know STREAMS, but having all these little servers stacked makes me
> think of performance :)
At least this is a case where the hardware seems to evolve faster than
the typing speed of the typical human...
> I am more interested in learning
On Mon, Jun 03, 2002 at 03:42:44AM +0200, Marcus Brinkmann wrote:
> Below is a diff
and here it is
--- console-old.c Mon Jun 3 03:29:50 2002
+++ console.c Mon Jun 3 03:32:12 2002
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@
struct node *dir_node;
struct node *cons_node;
struct node *disp_node;
+ struct
On Sun, Jun 02, 2002 at 11:37:05PM +0200, Niels Möller wrote:
> Ooops, the term server is in the way as well. I just think that it
> would be nice to have a clean way to get from the tty to the raw
> display, preferably without too much knowledge about the layout of the
> directories provided by t
On Sun, Jun 02, 2002 at 05:13:57AM +0200, Marcus Brinkmann wrote:
> What I attach to this mail is a file that incorporates some the virtual
> console abstraction in console/console.c in the Hurd source tree, and new
> parts which provide a netfs based filesystem that looks like this:
Ok, here is
Marcus Brinkmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Mmmh. Interesting thought. I will ponder it, but the usefulness is not
> very high, considering that there is usually term between you and the
> console anyway. Or term would have to support it to.
Ooops, the term server is in the way as well. I
On Sun, Jun 02, 2002 at 11:09:30PM +0200, Niels Möller wrote:
> So if you have N virtual terminals, then you also have N instances of
> "display" and N instances of the "input". That makes it clearer.
Yes.
> But what about the actual multiplexing of N virtual terminals onto 1
> screen and keybo
Marcus Brinkmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Sun, Jun 02, 2002 at 03:00:15PM +0200, Niels Möller wrote:
> > Marcus Brinkmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >
> > > VISUAL DISPLAY I \ /
> > > VISUAL DISPLAY II | | TERM ON VIRTUAl CONSOLE I
> > > ...
On Sun, Jun 02, 2002 at 03:00:15PM +0200, Niels Möller wrote:
> Marcus Brinkmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > VISUAL DISPLAY I \ /
> > VISUAL DISPLAY II | | TERM ON VIRTUAl CONSOLE I
> > ... > CONSOLE SERVER < TERM ON VIRTUAL CONSOLE
Marcus Brinkmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> VISUAL DISPLAY I \ /
> VISUAL DISPLAY II | | TERM ON VIRTUAl CONSOLE I
> ... > CONSOLE SERVER < TERM ON VIRTUAL CONSOLE II
> INPUT DEVICE I | | ...
> INPUT DEVICE II|
