From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Jan 27 07:26:27 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id HAA04010 for hackers-outgoing; Tue, 27 Jan 1998 07:26:27 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ifi.uio.no (0@ifi.uio.no [129.240.64.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id HAA03927 for ; Tue, 27 Jan 1998 07:26:21 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dag-erli@ifi.uio.no) Received: from grjottunagard.ifi.uio.no (2602@grjottunagard.ifi.uio.no [129.240.64.131]) by ifi.uio.no (8.8.8/8.8.7/ifi0.2) with ESMTP id QAA25787; Tue, 27 Jan 1998 16:26:15 +0100 (MET) Received: (from dag-erli@localhost) by grjottunagard.ifi.uio.no ; Tue, 27 Jan 1998 16:26:14 +0100 (MET) To: Mike Smith Cc: joelh@gnu.org, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: File I/O in kernel land (was: Re: 2nd warning: 2.2.6 BETA begins in 10 days!) References: <199801271512.BAA00461@word.smith.net.au> Organization: Gutteklubben Terrasse X-url: http://www.ifi.uio.no/~dag-erli/ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit From: dag-erli@ifi.uio.no (Dag-Erling Coidan Smørgrav) Date: 27 Jan 1998 16:26:14 +0100 In-Reply-To: Mike Smith's message of "Wed, 28 Jan 1998 01:42:49 +1030" Message-ID: Lines: 16 X-Mailer: Gnus v5.5/Emacs 19.34 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk Mike Smith writes: > > When I uncomment the VGA code (which was taken from splashkit), > > logo_saver() is called only twice: once when the screen saver hits in, > You're setting the UNKNOWN_MODE flag in scp->status; right at the top > of scrn_timer() it bails out if that's set. I know, I found out during lunch :) > 1 not set the flag (that's probably a bad idea, as it's what tells > syscons not to futz with anything) Exactly what dire consequences can this have? -- * Finrod (INTJ) * Unix weenie * dag-erli@ifi.uio.no * cellular +47-92835919 * RFC1123: "Be liberal in what you accept, and conservative in what you send"