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Date:      Fri, 24 Sep 2004 09:31:44 +0930
From:      "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au>
To:        Tim Pushor <timp@crossthread.com>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Crystalfontz LCD display from kernel?
Message-ID:  <200409240931.45075.doconnor@gsoft.com.au>
In-Reply-To: <41535CCE.8070503@crossthread.com>
References:  <4151C8F6.5060905@crossthread.com> <200409232201.30201.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> <41535CCE.8070503@crossthread.com>

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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.

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Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer
for Genesis Software - http://www.gsoft.com.au
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