x86 arch broken?

[Markus Dahms]

Hi,

I'm unable to build the x86 version of OpenBIOS (ia32, gcc 4.3.2),
cross-ppc and cross-sparc(32|64) work fine.

| Building OpenBIOS on x86 for x86
| Cleaning up... ok
| Initializing build tree...ok.
| Creating target Makefile...ok.
| Creating config files...ok.
| Building...error:
| modules/console_common.c:124: error: ‘FONT_HEIGHT’ undeclared (first use in
| this function)
| modules/console_common.c: In function ‘rec_char’:
| modules/console_common.c:144: warning: comparison between signed and unsigned
| modules/console_common.c:144: warning: comparison between signed and unsigned
| modules/console_common.c: In function ‘scroll1’:
| modules/console_common.c:155: error: ‘FONT_HEIGHT’ undeclared (first use in
| this function)
| modules/console_common.c: In function ‘do_con_trol’:
| modules/console_common.c:238: warning: comparison between signed and unsigned
| modules/console_common.c:241: warning: comparison between signed and unsigned
| modules/console_common.c:242: warning: comparison between signed and unsigned
| modules/console_common.c:251: warning: comparison between signed and unsigned
| modules/console_common.c:256: warning: comparison between signed and unsigned
| modules/console_common.c:261: warning: comparison between signed and unsigned
| make[1]: *** [obj-x86/target/modules/console_common.o] Fehler 1
| make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/mad/src/svn/openbios-devel'

Markus

[Blue Swirl]

On 1/6/09, Markus Dahms  wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm unable to build the x86 version of OpenBIOS (ia32, gcc 4.3.2),
>  cross-ppc and cross-sparc(32|64) work fine.
>
> | Building OpenBIOS on x86 for x86
>  | Cleaning up... ok
>  | Initializing build tree...ok.
>  | Creating target Makefile...ok.
>  | Creating config files...ok.
>  | Building...error:
>  | modules/console_common.c:124: error: 'FONT_HEIGHT' undeclared (first use in
>  | this function)
>  | modules/console_common.c: In function 'rec_char':
>  | modules/console_common.c:144: warning: comparison between signed and unsigned
>  | modules/console_common.c:144: warning: comparison between signed and unsigned
>  | modules/console_common.c: In function 'scroll1':
>  | modules/console_common.c:155: error: 'FONT_HEIGHT' undeclared (first use in
>  | this function)
>  | modules/console_common.c: In function 'do_con_trol':
>  | modules/console_common.c:238: warning: comparison between signed and unsigned
>  | modules/console_common.c:241: warning: comparison between signed and unsigned
>  | modules/console_common.c:242: warning: comparison between signed and unsigned
>  | modules/console_common.c:251: warning: comparison between signed and unsigned
>  | modules/console_common.c:256: warning: comparison between signed and unsigned
>  | modules/console_common.c:261: warning: comparison between signed and unsigned
>  | make[1]: *** [obj-x86/target/modules/console_common.o] Fehler 1
>  | make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/mad/src/svn/openbios-devel'

It looks like the font changes broke x86.

Is x86 version (or amd64 or ia64) still useful, there has been no
development recently? I'd think coreboot would be a better choice
these days.

[Stefan Reinauer]

* Blue Swirl  [090106 17:03]:
> It looks like the font changes broke x86.
>
> Is x86 version (or amd64 or ia64) still useful, there has been no
> development recently? I'd think coreboot would be a better choice
> these days.

OpenBIOS on x86 is a bootloader (payload) for coreboot, not a
replacement.

Not sure how useful it is, but I think completely dropping it is a bad
idea.

Stefan

[Blue Swirl]

On 1/6/09, Stefan Reinauer  wrote:
> Blue Swirl  [090106 17:03]:
> > It looks like the font changes broke x86.
> >
> > Is x86 version (or amd64 or ia64) still useful, there has been no
> > development recently? I'd think coreboot would be a better choice
> > these days.
>
> OpenBIOS on x86 is a bootloader (payload) for coreboot, not a
>  replacement.
>
> Not sure how useful it is, but I think completely dropping it is a bad
>  idea.

OK. I'll start tracking x86 and amd64 build status. What about ia64,
should it work?

[Markus Dahms]

Hello Blue Swirl,
> Is x86 version (or amd64 or ia64) still useful, there has been no
> development recently? I'd think coreboot would be a better choice
> these days.

I wanted to try it as a payload for coreboot, don't know if it is
still useful as there is also openfirmware...

Markus