From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1E2VCQ-00024y-AF for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 09 Aug 2005 10:35:26 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1E2V8L-0001Af-CV for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 09 Aug 2005 10:31:14 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1E2V82-00010f-BN for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 09 Aug 2005 10:30:57 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1E2V81-0000yq-Ix for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 09 Aug 2005 10:30:53 -0400 Received: from [145.74.66.11] (helo=mail-cn.han.nl) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1E2VEC-0001E6-2P for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 09 Aug 2005 10:37:16 -0400 Received: from vscan-cn.han.nl (venus.han.nl [145.74.65.6]) by mail-cn.han.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 12A368C06 for ; Tue, 9 Aug 2005 16:22:52 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mail-cn.han.nl ([145.74.66.11]) by vscan-cn.han.nl (venus.han.nl [145.74.65.6]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 02621-03 for ; Tue, 9 Aug 2005 15:33:04 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mail1.han.nl (mail1.han.nl [145.74.103.11]) by mail-cn.han.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4027F8472 for ; Tue, 9 Aug 2005 16:22:48 +0200 (CEST) Received: from localhost.localdomain (mgerards.xs4all.nl [82.92.27.129]) by mail1.han.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 10A47C046 for ; Tue, 9 Aug 2005 16:22:48 +0200 (CEST) Mail-Copies-To: metgerards@student.han.nl To: The development of GRUB 2 References: <200508061704.47518.okuji@enbug.org> <200508071615.08363.okuji@enbug.org> <857725666e3cacec7ab10a6f1d4c690d@penguinppc.org> <200508090836.30891.okuji@enbug.org> <87acjrqm61.fsf@student.han.nl> <5c20dc6be24afd613fa0e676f4b8fceb@penguinppc.org> From: Marco Gerards Date: Tue, 09 Aug 2005 16:22:48 +0200 In-Reply-To: <5c20dc6be24afd613fa0e676f4b8fceb@penguinppc.org> (Hollis Blanchard's message of "Tue, 9 Aug 2005 09:05:10 -0500") Message-ID: <871x53qjev.fsf@student.han.nl> User-Agent: Gnus/5.1007 (Gnus v5.10.7) Emacs/21.3 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new (2.2.0) at vscan-cn.han.nl Subject: Re: arch-specific files X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: The development of GRUB 2 List-Id: The development of GRUB 2 List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 09 Aug 2005 14:35:24 -0000 Hollis Blanchard writes: >>> OK. That makes sense. Just a question: why do we still use "of" in >>> some places >>> then? Like ofconsole.c. Why isn't it just console.c? >> >> It can be renamed if you think it is important.. I have chosen this >> name in case another type of console is required for powerpc/ieee1275. >> For example on the old world mac there is no console support in open >> firmware AFAIK. But the old world port related things do belong in >> powerpc/ieee1275. > > That's not true; Old World Macs do have some sort of console > support. The problems are varied: some systems don't have a working > video driver (but if you know what you're doing, you can use the > serial ports). Other systems default to the serial ports, so a user > expecting an interface on their monitor will be disappointed. But > technically these are not console driver issues. With no console support I meant no console support on the monitor. -- Marco