From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail0131.smtp25.com (mail0131.smtp25.com [75.126.84.131]) by befuddled.reisers.ca (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 668401EF6B9 for ; Wed, 8 May 2013 14:21:45 -0400 (EDT) Received: from ccs.covici.com (d-out-001.smtp25.com [67.228.158.174] (may be forged)) by d-out-001.smtp25.com (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id r48ILgxR001844 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=FAIL) for ; Wed, 8 May 2013 14:21:42 -0400 Received: from ccs.covici.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ccs.covici.com (8.14.6/8.14.5) with ESMTP id r48ILfrn012797 for ; Wed, 8 May 2013 14:21:41 -0400 To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: the direction of speakup In-reply-to: <20130508175110.3F9792297A@server1.shellworld.net> References: <20130508175110.3F9792297A@server1.shellworld.net> Comments: In-reply-to "Martin G. McCormick" message dated "Wed, 08 May 2013 12:51:10 -0500." X-Mailer: MH-E 8.2; nmh 1.3; GNU Emacs 23.4.2 Date: Wed, 08 May 2013 14:21:41 -0400 Message-ID: <12796.1368037301@ccs.covici.com> From: covici@ccs.covici.com X-SpamH-OriginatingIP: 70.109.53.110 X-SpamH-Filter: d-out-001.smtp25.com-r48ILgxR001844 X-BeenThere: speakup@linux-speakup.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 08 May 2013 18:21:45 -0000 How would you build serial drivers or sound in an initram? It might become too large and not fit in the space alloted. Martin G. McCormick wrote: > The initrd idea for speakup is a great one because it > should do what you discribe. It might even be possible to build > enough of a kernel in initrd to support a thumb drive that could > augment memory storage for systems that have less than 512 > megabytes of RAM. I have a couple of those myself that are still > otherwise good systems but don't have a lot of spare RAM. > > If speakup could be put in to initrd, it might also have > a home in embedded systems which opens up a whole world of > possibilities. > > Martin > > Devon Stewart writes: > > I guess including Speakup in the initrd would solve this? Modules that > > are loaded in the initrd are maintained when booting the rest of the > > system, as far as I know, so once speakup is started everything should > > speak from boot. > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@linux-speakup.org > http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici covici@ccs.covici.com