linux-kernel - Re: [uml-devel] [RFC] UML kernel & rootfs bundle with every kernel release ?

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Message-ID: <4610D937.20002@nagafix.co.uk>
Date:	Mon, 02 Apr 2007 11:21:43 +0100
From:	Antoine Martin <antoine@...afix.co.uk>
To:	Jeff Dike <jdike@...toit.com>
CC:	Blaisorblade <blaisorblade@...oo.it>, devzero@....de,
	user-mode-linux-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [uml-devel] [RFC] UML kernel & rootfs bundle with every kernel
 release ?

Jeff Dike wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 01, 2007 at 08:58:45PM +0100, Antoine Martin wrote:
>> I reckon that one critical thing which could drastically increase the 
>> user base would be to have a working virtual framebuffer implementation.
> 
> Why?  I've never understood what a framebuffer gives you that you
> don't have now.
Just like the network auto-configuration via dhcp, it would allow users 
to download images+kernel and run them like appliances without 
understanding anything about X or UML, just click and run.
We are all capable of setting up Xvfb here, but most users are not, 
which is why they download ready-made images.
It would also make it a lot easier to focus on writing a management UI, 
hell if there isn't one shortly after, I'll do one myself!
Think of a UML browser image (running IE via wine in a limited image 
with just X + wine + IE - I would much prefer that to having wine+IE 
installed locally), testing framebuffer apps like gtk-fb/cairo-fb 
without risking your dev environment, etc...

Antoine
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