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Date:      Sun, 16 Feb 2003 16:04:10 -0800
From:      Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@xcllnt.net>
To:        Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@phk.freebsd.dk>
Cc:        current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Console API related patch.
Message-ID:  <20030217000410.GA769@dhcp01.pn.xcllnt.net>
In-Reply-To: <91629.1045428328@critter.freebsd.dk>
References:  <91629.1045428328@critter.freebsd.dk>

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On Sun, Feb 16, 2003 at 09:45:28PM +0100, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
> 
> I am trying to do some weird things with some custom console code and
> got stuck on the fact that our console code belives all consoles have
> a dev_t.
> 
> This patch changes the API so that rather than pass a "dev_t" to the
> console functions, the "struct consdev *" is passed:
> 
> 	-typedef        void    cn_putc_t(dev_t, int);
> 	+typedef        void    cn_putc_t(struct consdev *, int);
> 
> The dev_t can still be gotten hold of:
> 
> 	 int
> 	-zs_cncheckc(dev_t dev)
> 	+zs_cncheckc(struct consdev *cp)
> 	 {
> 		int s = spltty();
> 	-       int c = zs_maygetc(zs_console_addr, minor(dev));
> 	+       int c = zs_maygetc(zs_console_addr, minor(cp->cn_dev));
> 		splx(s);
> 		return c;
> 	 }

I like this. On the ia64 branch I completely ignore the dev argument
and instead use a static softc. The dev_t is unknown until after
bus enumeration in principle anyway.

> The patch compiles and runs on all platforms I can currently test,
> but I'd like if some of you can give it a spin too:
> 
> 	http://phk.freebsd.dk/patch/console.patch
> 
> The patch just does the not quite mechanical switch, some of the drivers
> could get some mileage from the cn_arg field but I have not tried that.

I'll test ia64, both CVS an P4. Let me know when you like to
commit this so that I can schedule around that...

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 Marcel Moolenaar	  USPA: A-39004		 marcel@xcllnt.net

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