From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 24 00:01:56 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 98A7716A4CE for ; Fri, 24 Sep 2004 00:01:56 +0000 (GMT) Received: from cain.gsoft.com.au (cain.gsoft.com.au [203.31.81.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5724E43D1F for ; Fri, 24 Sep 2004 00:01:53 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from doconnor@gsoft.com.au) Received: from inchoate.gsoft.com.au (localhost [127.0.0.1]) (authenticated bits=0) by cain.gsoft.com.au (8.12.11/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i8O01jZ8035816; Fri, 24 Sep 2004 09:31:46 +0930 (CST) (envelope-from doconnor@gsoft.com.au) From: "Daniel O'Connor" To: Tim Pushor Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2004 09:31:44 +0930 User-Agent: KMail/1.7 References: <4151C8F6.5060905@crossthread.com> <200409232201.30201.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> <41535CCE.8070503@crossthread.com> In-Reply-To: <41535CCE.8070503@crossthread.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart4060357.UgblMQGHEe"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200409240931.45075.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> X-Spam-Score: -2.5 () IN_REP_TO,PGP_SIGNATURE_2,QUOTED_EMAIL_TEXT,REFERENCES,SPAM_PHRASE_00_01,USER_AGENT X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.16 (www . roaringpenguin . com / mimedefang) cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Crystalfontz LCD display from kernel? X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2004 00:01:56 -0000 --nextPart4060357.UgblMQGHEe Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Fri, 24 Sep 2004 09:01, Tim Pushor wrote: > Theres' really nothing to port. I just want to output various things at > different points in the bootup process, and again when the system is > safe to shut off. I mean test the basics in a place that's easy to debug. > How painful is it to open/use a device from inside the kernel? Not really sure.. Opening files isn't too bad, but device nodes is probably harder. =2D-=20 Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer for Genesis Software - http://www.gsoft.com.au "The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from." -- Andrew Tanenbaum GPG Fingerprint - 5596 B766 97C0 0E94 4347 295E E593 DC20 7B3F CE8C --nextPart4060357.UgblMQGHEe Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBBU2Pp5ZPcIHs/zowRAre9AKCQCZxLzygUvgSL0KBP9ur4pbbgkgCeKIBy wdoBk82cDyjmJB5riOFZEBg= =6UGz -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart4060357.UgblMQGHEe--