From: jliddle@rs6000.cmp.ilstu.edu (Jean Liddle) Subject: Re: 0.97 patchlevel 5 available Date: Wed, 16 Sep 1992 16:04:57 GMT
In article <1992Sep16.121137.26512@wam.umd.edu> joel@wam.umd.edu (Joel M. Hoffman) writes:
>In article <1992Sep12.182131.2168@klaava.Helsinki.FI> torvalds@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Linus Benedict Torvalds) writes:
>>
>>In case people are wondering, my schedule for 1.0 looks something like
>>this:
>>
>> [schedule for linux development removed]
>>
>I would very much like to see a DOS emulator as part of 1.0. I would
>also like to see truely independent VC's, such that X can run on one
>and another serve as a text terminal. Along the same lines, is there
>an IOCTL to get the raw state of the keyboard? If not, I'd like to
>see that for 1.0.
>
Actually, the DOS emulator has little to do with the kernel (other than
having the necessary functions included, such as vm86 which already
exists). There is a pre-alpha DOS emulator already.
As for the independent VC idea, I too, would add my voice to that. I
was impressed by a friends rs6000 as he toggled between VC's, one of
which was in text mode, and TWO of which were running two separate,
independent copies of X-Windows! (Actually, being able to flip out of
X to a text terminal would be handy).
Since I lack the knowhow, I won't be able to contribute this myself :(,
but would like to add my support for the idea :). BTW - joel, where is
the code to which you referred. If I get time between thesis writing
and installing X-stuff on our suns I may give it a crack anyway.
Jean.
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