From: Nick Garnett <nickg@cygnus.co.uk>
To: ecos-discuss@sourceware.cygnus.com
Subject: Re: [ECOS] hal/i386/pc prerelease.
Date: Fri, 15 Oct 1999 03:30:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <pozoxlylq4.fsf@balti.cygnus.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <otzoxlqbbm.fsf@thinktwice.zoftcorp.dk>
Jesper Skov <jskov@cygnus.co.uk> writes:
> The vectors.S should contain mostly platform neutral code. When
> there's a need for platform specific stuff, it should be handled via
> macros/calls defined by platform files.
>
> The current i386 HAL is a bit out of shape in this regard. The ARM HAL
> is a better example of how things should be handled for multiple
> platforms.
Even better, look at the MIPS HAL. This is the way all future HALs
will be built, with architecture, variant and platform sub-HALs with
well-defined ways for them to pass information to each other and
override things.
--
Nick Garnett mailto:nickg@cygnus.co.uk
Cygnus Solutions, UK http://www.cygnus.co.uk
prev parent reply other threads:[~1999-10-15 3:30 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1999-10-14 16:21 Patrick O'Grady
1999-10-15 1:55 ` Jesper Skov
1999-10-15 3:30 ` Nick Garnett [this message]
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