Subject: Re: amidisplay: not a console?
To: Aymeric Vincent <Aymeric.Vincent@labri.fr>
From: Gunther Nikl <gni@gecko.de>
List: port-amiga
Date: 07/15/2003 10:34:54
On Mon, Jul 14, 2003 at 05:54:33PM +0200, Aymeric Vincent wrote:
> Gunther Nikl <gni@gecko.de> writes:
> 
> > I tried to compile a kernel containing the WSCONS aware amidisplay. Build
> > failed at linktime because cons.c and cninit.c are omitted from the build.
> > I have used a minimal config (for my system) where I replaced the ite/grf
> > entries with amidisplay, wsdisplay, wskbd, vt100 amd fonts. Is there a
> > bug in files.amiga concerning dev/cons.c and dev/cninit.c?
> 
> Arguably, cons.c and cninit.c should always be part of a running
> kernel. I prefer to remove their dependencies on "ite | ser" rather
> than list all the potential consoles here.

  I added amidisplaycc as dependencies for my testing. After I realized
  that I need one of GRF_#? CC option flags, I got it working. However,
  I seem to have understanding problems with eg. selection a resolution
  or another virtual console (is that supported)?

  Gunther