[GSoC - x86_64] Console / serial communication

[Chris Johns]

On 26/06/2018 14:29, Amaan Cheval wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 26, 2018 at 4:10 AM, Chris Johns <chrisj at rtems.org> wrote:
>> On 25/06/2018 21:40, Amaan Cheval wrote:
>>
>> Will a text based video console be supported?
> 
> As above, I can't say :P
> The only guiding factor I have for GSoC is to do the _minimal_ needed
> port first, because the project is quite wide - once _all_ the basics
> (clock next, some of IRQ, maybe ACPI) are done, we can look into what
> to improve further if we have the time.

Sure this is best approach.

> Given the possibility that we may not be able to add more than one
> console this summer, which would we want the most? Which driver? (I'm
> trying to do my own research too, of course, but if there's an obvious
> one you can think of, let me know!)

Lets see how the serial UART goes first.

> 
> I only picked UART because it seems to be what's used when we use
> QEMU's "-serial stdio" flags.
> 

This is a good option and I often use it on a PC.

Chris