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Date:      Sat, 23 Feb 2002 00:00:32 -0500 (EST)
From:      John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
Cc:        msmith@FreeBSD.org, current@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: device figlet for the kernel
Message-ID:  <XFMail.020223000032.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <20020222205016.A19371@xor.obsecurity.org>

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On 23-Feb-02 Kris Kennaway wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 22, 2002 at 05:17:05AM -0500, John Baldwin wrote:
> 
>> Currently figlet isn't a kernel module, but one could make it so without too
>> much additional work.  To play with this, first download and apply the patch
>> at
>> 
>> http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/patches/figlet.patch
> 
> I think this should be committed ASAP.

Well, the supprot for kernel console filters needs to be fleshed out a bit more
so that figlet could be a KLD before it would really be worth considering. 
Also, a better method of sending commands to a filter is needed.

> Kris

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