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SubjectRe: Blind-access patch for Linux 1.3.x
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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