Re: [OpenBIOS] [PATCHv2 00/20] Switch to standards-compliant Forth console from C console

[Stefan Reinauer]

* Mark Cave-Ayland  [130526 15:02]:
> As mentioned previously on-list, OpenBIOS currently contains two consoles - a 
> C based console and a Forth based console. The Forth based console is currently 
> broken, but is more feature complete than the C console, whilst also being 
> more portable across different architectures.
>
> This patchset performs the following functions:
> Fix various bugs in the Forth console
> Optimise performance using low-level C graphics routines
> Add simple IEEE1275-like initialisers for TCX and VGA graphics
> Switch TCX and VGA drivers over to use the new console using the standard
> is-install word
>
> Once this patchset is committed, a further patchset will follow to remove all of
> the duplicate C console code, remove packages/video.c and unify the console 
> input/routines into libopenbios.

This is fantastic! Thank you!

Stefan