From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Nov 21 06:01:23 1995 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id GAA22330 for hackers-outgoing; Tue, 21 Nov 1995 06:01:23 -0800 Received: from ra.dkuug.dk (ra.dkuug.dk [193.88.44.193]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with ESMTP id GAA22318 for ; Tue, 21 Nov 1995 06:01:12 -0800 Received: (from sos@localhost) by ra.dkuug.dk (8.6.12/8.6.12) id OAA09453; Tue, 21 Nov 1995 14:57:28 +0100 Message-Id: <199511211357.OAA09453@ra.dkuug.dk> Subject: Re: option XSERVER deprecated? To: kaleb@x.org (Kaleb S. KEITHLEY) Date: Tue, 21 Nov 1995 14:57:28 +0100 (MET) Cc: hackers@freefall.FreeBSD.org In-Reply-To: <199511211244.MAA03497@exalt.x.org> from "Kaleb S. KEITHLEY" at Nov 21, 95 07:44:27 am From: sos@FreeBSD.org Reply-to: sos@FreeBSD.org X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] Content-Type: text Content-Length: 1276 Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk In reply to Kaleb S. KEITHLEY who wrote: > > > No, apparently not. I notice that the GENERIC config in 2.1.0R had > option XSERVER commented out. Yet a (very) cursory look at the kernel > sources shows that XSERVER is still used and pcvt* is built differently > when it's defined. Erm, I think it is pcvt that needs to be "modernised" (he said and ducked under the table)... I see NO reason why one should build a console without X support (unless one wants to save bytes, it would give one K or thereabout more is better found in other places).. > > (The X server did run on the GENERIC kernel just long enough build my > own kernel. I didn't try switching VTs though.) Of cause it did, the GENERIC kernel uses syscons.. > > Can I suggest that the kernel use the opposite logic, i.e. assume there > will be an X server and build accordingly? And for those who don't run X > there should be an option NOXSERVER. That would be far better logic, yes... > If I did the work would it be accepted and incorporated into the next > release? Joerg - JOERG !! :) -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Soren Schmidt (sos@FreeBSD.org) FreeBSD Core Team So much code to hack -- so little time.