From: James A Simmons <jsimmons@acsu.buffalo.edu>
  To  : ggi-develop <ggi-develop@eskimo.com>
  Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1998 09:13:55 -0400 (EDT)

Unidentified subject!

On Thu, 30 Jul 1998, Edward S. Marshall wrote:

> On Thu, 30 Jul 1998, Emmanuel Marty wrote:
> > 4) steffen's KGI spec is ready and solid, and I of course _still_ want a
> > native KGI. we will probably not get it into the kernel if we rewrite the
> > console bits from roof to top, be them superior or so, but I still want it.
> 
> The problem, of course, is that it can't be considered superior to the
> current console code by the mainstream kernel developers simply because it
> doesn't work on all current Linux ports. Or has some work been done lately
> on getting it running on the SPARC, Alpha, MIPS, PPC, etc. ports?

Yes. Its in the works. Jason is working on PowerPPC and i am working on
SPARCS

> 
> Not a complaint at all; just something to consider when thinking about
> strategies for getting the whole EvStack/GGI Console concept accepted.
> Once it's working on a handful of other platforms, and the concept is
> shown to be solid in a portable way, you'll likely be golden with the
> kernel folks.
> 
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