Re: KDB vs. X

[Steve Lord <lord@xxxxxxx>]

> On Thu, Jul 05, 2001 at 08:31:30AM -0500, Steve Lord wrote:
> > Typing go does work from within X should you happen to drop into kdb by
> > mistake. Keith, the really nice trick would be virtual console switching fr
> om 
> > within kdb so if I crash while X is on the screen I could at least go
> > see what happened.
> 
> That would basically requiring duplicating a lot of the X server code into
> KDB (vty switching from X requires intimate knowledge about the chipset etc.
> and is handled in userspace). With fbcon it would be in theory possible,
> but that still is risky with X acceleration and worse fbcon and the console
> subsystem is a very complex beasts with lots of locks, so if KDB started to
> mess with that it would probably soon end in deadlock country.

I like giving Keith challenges! No this was not a serious request.

Steve