From: becka@rz.uni-duesseldorf.de
  To  : ggi-develop@eskimo.com
  Date: Sun, 14 Feb 1999 03:44:22 +0100 (MET)

Re: Possible to rmmod kgicon?

Hi !

> Does any one know if it is technically possible to make kgicon removable
> at runtime?  

It should.

> Can this be done by modifying kgicon to restore the console
> to its original state and release all resources, without any change to the
> kernel?  

That should be the case. Anyone knows, what the showstopper is here ?

I have another kgi-os-layer, which has no problem with unloading at least
the VGA driver and restores the previous mode just fine.

> Such a feature would make driver programming much easier as I
> don't need to restart the system to test any changes.

Well, you can go for a while by renaming the modules, but ...

CU, Andy

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= Andreas Beck                    |  Email :  <andreas.beck@ggi-project.org> =