old shoes vs new shoes.

[Stefan Reinauer]

Hi,

some voices whisper that EFI programs are so much easier and simpler
than Open Firmware. I am not making any statement but let you, much
valued readers, decide here:

http://www.osxbook.com/book/bonus/chapter4/efiprogramming/

vs:

http://www.kernelthread.com/hanoi/src/hanoimania/hanoi.macprom

Regards,
Stefan

[Ronald G Minnich]

Stefan Reinauer wrote:
> Hi,
>
> some voices whisper that EFI programs are so much easier and simpler
> than Open Firmware. I am not making any statement but let you, much
> valued readers, decide here:
>
> http://www.osxbook.com/book/bonus/chapter4/efiprogramming/

yes, but EFI is such a powerful operating system! And, fortunately, the 
API is totally new and incompatible with EVERYTHING, and it's not a very 
good API, so we get the benefit of having to learn a whole new api, with 
a special toolchain, that is useless for everything else we do.

I am sure I have not listed all the benefits of this new EFI operating 
system :-)
ron

[Segher Boessenkool]

> http://www.kernelthread.com/hanoi/src/hanoimania/hanoi.macprom

That "OF" implementation is sooooo much more complicated than
needed...

I guess I could say the same thing about the EFI thing, but I
can't read it at all.  Point proven, I guess?

Segher