From owner-freebsd-current Mon Jan 11 07:25:14 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id HAA17548 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Mon, 11 Jan 1999 07:25:14 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from fallout.campusview.indiana.edu (fallout.campusview.indiana.edu [149.159.1.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id HAA17539 for ; Mon, 11 Jan 1999 07:25:12 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jfieber@fallout.campusview.indiana.edu) Received: from localhost (jfieber@localhost) by fallout.campusview.indiana.edu (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id KAA20829; Mon, 11 Jan 1999 10:24:25 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1999 10:24:25 -0500 (EST) From: John Fieber To: Kazutaka YOKOTA cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: new console driver and LKM/KLD In-Reply-To: <199901111010.TAA02643@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, 11 Jan 1999, Kazutaka YOKOTA wrote: > >> The pseudo-device splash implements necessary interface between the > >> console driver and KLD splash/saver modules; it's not a screen saver > >> itself. > >> > > > >Is the pseudo-device splash needed for the savers "blank" and "green"? > > Yes. Just one observation...it seems that a "saver" or "ssaver" would be a much more suitable name for the pseudo-device than "splash". I see the name "splash" and I have no idea what it might be; "saver" I have some good guesses for given the context. Subtle terminology differences like than make the difference between a user guessing right and a user having to dig through documentation and grumbling about how cryptic Unix is. -john To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message