Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Mon, 25 Sep 2000 08:26:46 +0100 (BST) | From | James Sutherland <> | Subject | Re: [DOC] Debugging early kernel hangs |
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On Mon, 25 Sep 2000, Russell King wrote:
> James Sutherland writes: > > On Sat, 23 Sep 2000, Russell King wrote: > > > And I'll try to make the point a second time that everything does not have > > > a character-based screen to write to. > > > > So what? For platforms which have a nice easy way to stick ASCII on > > screen, use this. For other platforms, find some other approach - if you > > have a nice easy serial port handy, try feeding the characters there. > > So what? It shouldn't be called "VIDEO_CHAR" then - calling it that > describes ONE implementation only, not what it is actually doing. > Something more like DEBUGCH(char) or whatever is a better choice because > it describes what the intention of it is, rather than the implementation.
Yes, a better name could be found; I'd go for DUMP_CHAR() myself, I think. The basic concept is great, it just needs a new name...
James.
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