FBLOG: A Frame-Buffer Driver Just For Kernel Logs

[phoronix]

Phoronix: FBLOG: A Frame-Buffer Driver Just For Kernel Logs

Appearing this weekend on the Linux kernel mailing list was a new frame-buffer driver with the sole purpose of the "fblog" driver being for showing the kernel logs...

http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=MTEyMTg

[dfx.]

i really hope, his stuff like this will get adopted

[curaga]

VT from my cold dead hands, etc.

[uid313]

If this doesn't kill the VT from the kernel, does this still have any advantages when living side-by-side with VT in the kernel?

What advantages does this have?

Does this accept just plain text, or does it also do ANSI coloring and stuff like that?

[Wyatt]

Solution in search of a problem

No, really, what's the point of this? I thought all the ADHD C programmers were busy making init less reliable. What gives?

[uid313]

VT from my cold dead hands, etc.

You can still have your VT.
I love the VT too.
kmscon doesn't want to entirely get rid of VT, just move out out from the kernel to userspace.

[uid313]

Why name?

Why name it fblog and kmscon?

Why not fblog, fbcon or kmslog, kmscon?

[uid313]

HTML and CSS

Hey, think if someone make a console with HTML and CSS instead of ANSI / VT220?

[curaga]

The console belongs in the kernel. I want to be able to type even under memory pressure/swap storm.

[uid313]

The console belongs in the kernel. I want to be able to type even under memory pressure/swap storm.

Maybe still possible in user-space with process priority / nice levels.

Giving the process the highest priority or real-time priority.