Date: Thu, 17 Sep 1998 11:10:44 +0100 (BST) From: Doug Rabson <dfr@nlsystems.com> To: Sren Schmidt <sos@FreeBSD.org> Cc: dfr@FreeBSD.org, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/isa scvidctl.c videoio.c videoio.h syscons.c syscons.h src/sys/alpha/conf files.alpha src/sys/al Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.01.9809171106010.392-100000@herring.nlsystems.com> In-Reply-To: <199809171004.MAA05997@sos.freebsd.dk>
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On Thu, 17 Sep 1998, Sren Schmidt wrote: > In reply to Doug Rabson who wrote: > > On Thu, 17 Sep 1998, Sren Schmidt wrote: > > > > > In reply to Doug Rabson who wrote: > > > > > > Hmm, syscons should really not be in sys/isa... > > > It belongs in sys/dev... > > > > > > Maybe we can coordinate this later, and get one unified version... > > > > I sure hope so. That merge was painful... > > :) maybe you should have waited a bit with that, besides the VESA/VM86 > stuff wont work on an alpha anyways, so you didn't get much from > the merge... > > > We really need a good place to put driver API headers too. I don't thing > > <machine/console.h> is right since that means you need a copy of the > > headers in all supporting arches. > > Good point. Actually I think I could get VESA working on the alpha by using some kind of x86 emulator to run the BIOS. That is what the firmware does when it boots and Linux has some code. Sounds like a lot of work though. I had to merge the headers since the new vidcontrol wouldn't build and I decided to merge the rest to try and keep the alpha version from diverging too much and making life even more difficult when we try and produce a unified console. -- Doug Rabson Mail: dfr@nlsystems.com Nonlinear Systems Ltd. Phone: +44 181 951 1891 Fax: +44 181 381 1039
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