Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2013 16:04:10 +0300 From: Aleksandr Rybalko <ray@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: newcons comming Message-ID: <20131025160410.b0571b32440703bd9a18ead9@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20131025151847.2a1b83de93335040797ceaf1@ddteam.net> References: <20131025151847.2a1b83de93335040797ceaf1@ddteam.net>
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On Fri, 25 Oct 2013 15:18:47 +0300 Aleksandr Rybalko <ray@ddteam.net> wrote: > Hello fellow hackers! > > I finally reach the point when I can work with newcons instead of > syscons on my laptop. Yes, I know it still buggy and have a lot of > style(9) problems. But we really have to get it into HEAD and 10.0 to > enable shiny new Xorg features, drivers, etc. > > So I ask everyone to look "hard" into that[1] and tell me your opinion. > I expect a lot of opinions, since it have to affect almost all good > guys, as result I have to ask to split "bug reports" into two parts: > 1. Should be done before merge to 10.0; > 2. Can be done later. > > If it possible, please do it(review - report) ASAP. > I have plan to done it that way: > 1. Merge newcons to head (in a few days); > 2. Fix a lot of reported bugs (2 hrs :-D ); > 3. Persuade re@ about we need it in 10.0 (one week, maybe two); > 4. Merge to 10.0; > 5. One year AFK somewhere on Bahamas;^W^W^W^W^W^W^W > 5. Add mouse cut-paste support; > 6. Fix new bugs; > 7. Some drinks. > > What do we will have with newcons: > * (Think it is main) Allow us to switch to fresh Xorg, which require > KMS. > * Graphic devices which can provide framebuffer access can be easily > used as virtual terminals (someone may have pixel-LCD on front of PC > tower, may found it useful :-D ) > * See [2]. > > TODO: > * Lack of key mapping files, everyone can help with that using > instructions on [3]; > * A bit slow (mostly scrolling affected). > * Other bugs :) > * See [2]. > > Thanks! > > [1] - http://svnweb.freebsd.org/base/user/ed/newcons/ > [2] - > http://www.freebsd.org/news/status/report-2013-07-2013-09.html#Continuation-of-the-Newcons-Project > [3] - > http://raybsd.blogspot.com/2013/10/newcons-international-keyboard-input.html > > Hope you will love newcons! > And maybe me too :) > > WBW > -- > Aleksandr Rybalko <ray@ddteam.net> Forget to give a patch to HEAD, here it is: http://people.freebsd.org/~ray/newcons/newcons_to_head_r257107_2013-10-25_1542.diff.gz Thanks to all! WBW -- Aleksandr Rybalko <ray@freebsd.org>
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