Re: arch-specific files

[Hollis Blanchard]

On Aug 9, 2005, at 8:23 AM, Marco Gerards wrote:

> "Yoshinori K. Okuji" <address@hidden> writes:
>
> > On Tuesday 09 August 2005 05:37, Hollis Blanchard wrote:
> > > Since "of" is a very common English word, it is not a good file or
> > > variable name. We have standardized on the full "ieee1275" for both, 
> > > so
> > > I have renamed this file.
> >
> > 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.

I agree that "ofconsole" is named inconsistently.

-Hollis