Subject: Re: CPU delay factor
To: Amitai Schlair <amitai.schlair@usa.net>
From: Colin Wood <cwood@ichips.intel.com>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 01/21/1998 17:19:02
Amitai Schlair wrote:
> 
> With 1.3 GENERIC, dmesg tells my CPU delay factor is 81. With a custom
> kernel, it's 96. What is this number, and what does it mean?
> 
> I just had a thought: once color video is well understood across the
> various 68K Macs, it'd be tremendously nifty to integrate color-capable
> virtual consoles (based on dt) into the kernel.

Actually, dt was originally part of the console, I believe.  It was ripped
out very early on.  I think it's probably better to have it be a userland
program for now.  Of course, once the wscons stuff gets integrated, it
might be a different story...

Later.

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Colin Wood                                 cwood@ichips.intel.com
Component Design Engineer - MD6                 Intel Corporation
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