Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2005 12:24:13 -0500 (CDT) From: Sergey Babkin <babkin@verizon.net> To: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org>, freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Cc: Gordon Bergling <gbergling@0xfce3.net>, phk@phk.freebsd.dk Subject: Re: Re: wscons for FreeBSD? Message-ID: <12768156.1130520253107.JavaMail.root@vms073.mailsrvcs.net>
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>From: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> >> Things that are personally crucial to me: >> * Speed. (syscons is lightning fast) >> * text mode mouse cursor with cut/paste that Just Works. >> * cursor movement control code compatibility. No less than perfect >> compatibility is good enough! The cons25 termcap entry has to work. > > * truly supports framebuffers as well as displays that can render text > directly (i.e. VGA, EGA, etc.) > * allows displays, keyboards, and mice to be tied together in arbitrary > combinations such that each "console" can consist of zero-or-more > displays, keyboards, and mice with well-defined behavior for what > state is shared vs. private when multiple objects of the same class > are connected to a single console. And by default connects all the keyboards/mice to the first console. This makes the installs on the machines with USB-only keyboard transparent. * When entering panic/debugger mode the console should reset its video mode to the one where the panic information is visible. -SB
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