Proposal for redesigning the TTY layer

[Julian Elischer]

Ed Schouten wrote:
> Hello Dag-Erling,
> 
> * Dag-Erling Smørgrav <des at des.no> wrote:
>> Ed Schouten <ed at fxq.nl> writes:
>>> The last couple of days I've been working on a document which describes
>>> the changes I'm going to perform. I have just finished this document, so
>>> I'm sending it to this list, so you can give your opinion on this
>>> matter.
>> wiki.freebsd.org please :)
> 
> Great idea. I'll take some time to write an article when I'm at the
> office tomorrow.
> 
>>> As stated in the conclusion of this document, I am willing to continue
>>> development after I graduate. Unfortunately I don't possess all hardware
>>> supported by the TTY layer, which means I could use some help after I
>>> finished by internship to bring back support for the remaining hardware.
>> Perhaps you could provide a short list of the types of hardware you need
>> help with?
> 
> The only drivers I can take a look at, are:
> 
> - syscons
> - sio and uart
> - pty
> - u(pl)com

gxemu 'test' console

  http://gavare.se/gxemul/gxemul-stable/doc/experiments.html#hello

  :-)
(the simplest console in the universe)

> 
> I do have a Sun U10 laying around, but the on-board video chip broke
> down some time ago, so I can't take a look at the ofw_console driver
> anymore. :-(
> 
> So basically I'll need help with the console drivers on the more exotic
> architectures.
> 
> By the time the basic features of the new TTY layer work like they
> should, I could also use some help reviving the disciplines, like
> SLIPDISC, PPPDISC, etc.
>