Messages in this thread | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | Subject | RE: KDB in the mainstream 2.4.x kernels? | Date | Thu, 28 Aug 2003 10:08:50 -0700 | From | "Tolentino, Matthew E" <> |
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> On Llu, 2003-08-25 at 17:23, Andi Kleen wrote: > > > instructions as a forth program that frobbed registers > appropriately. The > > > kernel would have a small forth interpretor to run it. > Then switching > > > resolutions could happen safely in the kernel. > > > > Did the proposal come with working code? > > I've seen workable non forth versions of the proposal yes. It isnt > actually that hard to do for most video cards
Interesting. So did the interpreted forth (or other) program then interact with the VGA BIOS or was it more generic?
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