Re: CVS commit: src/sys/arch/sparc

[Masao Uebayashi <uebayasi%gmail.com@localhost>]

Having an MI routine that's called very early, just after C code can be run?

I think kernel bootstrap / initialization needs more granularity.

On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 8:56 AM, Christos Zoulas 
<christos%zoulas.com@localhost> wrote:
> On Jul 30, 11:37am, matt%3am-software.com@localhost (Matt Thomas) wrote:
> -- Subject: Re: CVS commit: src/sys/arch/sparc
>
> |
> | On Jul 30, 2012, at 10:29 AM, Christos Zoulas wrote:
> |
> | > Module Name:        src
> | > Committed By:       christos
> | > Date:               Mon Jul 30 17:29:55 UTC 2012
> | > Modified Files:
> | >     src/sys/arch/sparc/dev: kd.c
> | >     src/sys/arch/sparc/sparc: machdep.c
> | >
> | > Log Message:
> | > move cn_tab initializationt to cpu_startup
> |
> | cn_tab was used for early console access
> | cpu_startup is too late.
> |
> | it needs to be done sometime before main is
> | called.
>
> Should we make cn_tab md, and let the ports initialize it themselves?
> Any better ideas?
>
>
> christos
>