From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mail807.carrierinternetsolutions.com ([69.49.106.17] helo=mail807.megamailservers.com) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1I094y-0003fU-00 for ; Mon, 18 Jun 2007 00:43:04 -0400 X-Authenticated-User: mvferranti.clearwire.net Received: from [192.168.123.100] (69-44-252-62.mrc.clearwire-dns.net [69.44.252.62]) (authenticated bits=0) by mail807.megamailservers.com (8.13.6.20060614/8.13.1) with ESMTP id l5I4h2Ql009422 for ; Mon, 18 Jun 2007 00:43:03 -0400 Message-ID: <46760D56.9040800@clearwire.net> Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2007 20:43:02 -0800 From: Gaijin User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.0 (Windows/20070326) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: gentoo dropping speakup support References: <20070617200022.GA16786@linux1><1182118939.3634.15.camel@layla.Mshome><74411A17-AC9D-4C60-BB01-9695456D3126@softcon.com><00a601c7b15b$9749b980$ab00a8c0@tenstac> <03BC5C96-1E28-4336-B323-8C3FC6ED1BEE@softcon.com> <00c601c7b162$b7184180$ab00a8c0@tenstac> In-Reply-To: <00c601c7b162$b7184180$ab00a8c0@tenstac> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 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: Mon, 18 Jun 2007 04:43:04 -0000 Doug Sutherland wrote: > There seems to be several good arguments for > re-architecting the drivers in this way, on both the > synth and user ends of the whole. Sounds like SpeakUp is not really a module, but a reworking of the kernel. If SpeakUp were implemented more as a module...can't modules be loaded from the lilo/grub boot prompt? If so, then it could be included as a kernel module, loaded at startup by those who need it...I really need to see the code. I'm thinking if it were a module that simply works with the kernal, there'd be less resistance to adding it to the source. Does the kernal support dual monitors? It could possibly be implemented in a similar manner...if Linus already has implemented something similar. Just follow his example...use his own code against him, in a manner of speaking. We could also get him really, really drunk and tell him that he was the one who wrote it. I could also threaten to marry his sister? It would be worth it. Michael