[SeaBIOS] [RFC PATCH 1/2] serial console, output

Paolo Bonzini pbonzini at redhat.com
Mon Jul 4 14:48:48 CEST 2016



On 04/07/2016 14:46, Gerd Hoffmann wrote:
> We run in real mode, so passing around pointers isn't that easy.
> Given this would make sense for constant strings only (like the 4-byte
> clear-screen sequence) and not so much for variable stuff we might put
> all strings in the global segment.

Hmm you're right, pointers are messy here.

Paolo

> 
> Would this ...
> 
> void sercon_putchar(char *ptr)
> {
>     char c = GET_GLOBAL(ptr[0]);
>     [ ... ]
> 
> ... work?
> 



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