Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 7 Mar 1996 16:29:43 +0100 | From | Andries.Brouwer@cwi ... | Subject | Re: Blind-access patch for Linux 1.3.x |
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tytso:
: I'm the most uncomfortable with the changes to the bootsector. We only : have so many configuration bytes available, and using a full byte for : the blind option seems to not be the best use of that resource.
: Question: is it really critical that all of the hardware probe messages : always be accessible via the blind-mode console? How about this as a : proposal:
: All kernels will have support for turning on/off "blind mode" via the ...
I tend to agree with these sentiments, and have one additional remark: the use of the label "blind mode" is misleading. This is about one particular brand of Braille machine. So, we do not want to have a "blind mode" - we want a no-scroll mode.
Andries
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