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On Tue, Apr 6, 2021 at 4:54 AM Alan Mackenzie <acm@×××.de> wrote: |
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> Hello, Michael. |
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> On Mon, Apr 05, 2021 at 18:08:58 -0500, Michael Jones wrote: |
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> > Without looking at the patch itself: |
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> > Have you considered something like kmscon as a userland alternative? |
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> To be honest, no. I wasn't really aware of it when I starting working on |
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> the Linux console. |
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> According to Wikipedia, the last release was in 2013, and development |
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> stopped altogether in 2015. The Gentoo package for it is masked. |
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Good points, and I can't speak to the code cleanliness of kmscon, or |
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potential security problems. |
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That being said, even though I was annoyed when the scrollback was removed |
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from the kernel, I do understand the reason for it being removed. It does |
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seem like the kind of functionality that would be better provided by |
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userspace. |
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> > I installed it on my laptop, and aside from not working with gpmd or |
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> > consolation for mouse support, it's a perfectly functional local tty. |
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> I suppose it's one of these programs that once working, pretty much |
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> carries on working for ever. |
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That's entirely possible :-) |
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Maybe someone (not necessarily you) will find the removal of the scrollback |
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buffer to be enough motivation to bring kmscon back to life as a project. |
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