Re: [OpenBIOS] [PATCH 00/16] Switch to standards-compliant Forth console from C console

[Mark Cave-Ayland]

On 10/03/13 18:16, Blue Swirl wrote:
> I'm getting these warnings during build, perhaps something is not correct:
>    LINK  openbios-builtin.elf
> libopenbios.a(console_common.o): warning: multiple common of `video'
> libsparc32.a(openbios.o): warning: previous common is here
> libopenbios.a(video_common.o): warning: multiple common of `video'
> libsparc32.a(openbios.o): warning: previous common is here
> libpackages.a(video.o): warning: multiple common of `video'
> libsparc32.a(openbios.o): warning: previous common is here
>    GEN   openbios-builtin.elf.syms

Thanks for testing :)  Okay I see you patch for that - I'll update my 
patchset accordingly.
> Based on a quick Debian 3.1 CDROM boot test, it looks like scrolling
> and clear screen does not work at all. Text is also offset by one line
> down and one column right.

Right I'll take a look at that. Am I right in thinking that the codes we 
need to implement are those in Annex B of the IEEE1275 specification? So 
that would be CSI n S, CSI n T and CSI n J?
> Some usual messages (CPUs, UUID) are not going to screen but that's probably OK.

Yeah. I can fix those, but it requires changing the video struct which I 
can do for a later patchset.

ATB,

Mark.