LispOS directly on hardware or on Unix kernel?

[Fare Rideau]

>>The same applies for Video card drivers. I see no other change to get
>>these than to run the X11 server of XFree86.
> 
> Wouldn't it be possible to -- on the PC implementation of a Lisp OS, or
> indeed on any implementation for which Linux already exists -- define some
> sort of driver compatibility layer?  That way, one could use the XFree86
> video drivers and Linux hardware drivers without having to have the whole
> Unix bag o' crap in there.
>
Answer: the Linux GGI project (_not_ CGI): Generic Graphics Interface.
http://www.eleves.ens.fr:8080/home/rideau/Tunes/Review/OSes.html#GGI
It's not quite ready yet, and it's not a priority for LispOS,
so in the meantime, let's use X.

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