Messages in this thread |  | | From | Keith Owens <> | Subject | Re: [DOC] Debugging early kernel hangs | Date | Sun, 24 Sep 2000 00:11:19 +1100 |
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On Sat, 23 Sep 2000 13:02:38 +0000, Thorsten Kranzkowski <th@Marvin.DL8BCU.ampr.org> wrote: >How about the possibility to use architecture specific backends? E.g. my >little Alpha machine has an 8-bit debugging LED port that would be very suited >for this.
You can define VIDEO_CHAR() to do whatever makes sense for your hardware. The only problem with an 8 bit port is you cannot use both "screen" position and value to indicate where you are, you can only use a value. But the same idea holds, whatever works until the console can display output.
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