I'd say ConsoleFirmware is the firmware that drives the console, while FirmwareConsole is the console device that's provided by the firmware. It seems to me we're talking about the latter (the device) rather than the former (the firmware itself), which is why I find the latter name more logical.
Steve On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 8:28 PM, nathan binkert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've heard it referred to as ConsoleFirmware, but never > FirmwareConsole. Google has a slight preference for the former. > I tried: > alpha console firmware > and > alpha firmware console > > Nate > > 2008/4/3 Steve Reinhardt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > I think the adjective/noun sense is reversed there... isn't the object > > really the FirmwareConsole and not the ConsoleFirmware? > > > > > > > > On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 11:27 AM, nathan binkert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > That's probably better. I'm cool with "Terminal" and > "ConsoleFirmware" > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 11:20 AM, Gabe Black <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > Maybe call it ConsoleFirmware? > > > > > > > > Gabe > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Ali Saidi wrote: > > > > > > > > > The only problem is that the BootConsole has almost nothing to do > with > > a > > > > serial console to watch booting. > > > > > > > > > > Ali > > > > > > > > > > On Apr 3, 2008, at 2:01 PM, Gabe Black wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Hopefully this gets through. I think this would help a lot. When > I > > hear > > > > BootConsole, I think a serial console to watch boot. If there's also > a > > > > Terminal, I'd likely assume that's what I want and just ignore > > BootConsole. > > > > > > > > > > > > Gabe > > > > > > > > > > > > nathan binkert wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > I don't disagree which is why I changed it to BootConsole. I > > didn't > > > > > > > want to drop the word console though. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > What about SimConsole -> Terminal? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Nate > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 10:17 AM, Ali Saidi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I think the real issue is that the term Console as applied > to > > the > > > > early > > > > > > > > booting code of Alpha is not generally known. We can call it > > > > something that > > > > > > > > it isn't, but that confuses the people who know. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Ali > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Apr 3, 2008, at 1:10 PM, nathan binkert wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I only know of two uses of Console. The display console > and > > the > > > > alpha > > > > > > > > > console. The issue with the latter is that it's > explicitly > > called > > > > the > > > > > > > > > console in the alpha code. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I could rename SimConsole to Terminal. How would that do? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Nate > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > My one concern is that all the forms of "Console" might > be > > > > getting > > > > > > > > > > a bit ambiguous, especially if other ISAs have something > > > > similar. I > > > > > > > > > > can't think of anything that conflicts with in any of > the > > ISAs > > > > I'm > > > > > > > > > > most familiar with, but it's something to watch out for > if > > you > > > > drop > > > > > > > > > > the "Alpha" at least. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Gabe > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > nathan binkert wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Ok, I've got a bunch of default renaming in my tree: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > default output directory is now: ./m5out > > > > > > > > > > > default stats filename is now: <outdir>/stats > > > > > > > > > > > default config file output is now: <outdir>/config > > > > > > > > > > > default console output is now: > <outdir>/<sysname>.console > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > In doing the last one, I decided to rename SimConsole > -> > > > > Console and > > > > > > > > > > > AlphaConsole to BootConsole. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Does that all seem alright? I only want to do this > all > > once > > > > since it > > > > > > > > > > > will potentially require people to rewrite scripts and > > > > requires fixing > > > > > > > > > > > up the regression stuff. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Nate > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > > > > > > m5-dev mailing list > > > > > > > > > > > [email protected] > > > > > > > > > > > http://m5sim.org/mailman/listinfo/m5-dev > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > > > > m5-dev mailing list > > > > > > > > > [email protected] > > > > > > > > > http://m5sim.org/mailman/listinfo/m5-dev > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > > > m5-dev mailing list > > > > > > > > [email protected] > > > > > > > > http://m5sim.org/mailman/listinfo/m5-dev > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > > m5-dev mailing list > > > > > > > [email protected] > > > > > > > http://m5sim.org/mailman/listinfo/m5-dev > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > m5-dev mailing list > > > > > > [email protected] > > > > > > http://m5sim.org/mailman/listinfo/m5-dev > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > m5-dev mailing list > > > > > [email protected] > > > > > http://m5sim.org/mailman/listinfo/m5-dev > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > m5-dev mailing list > > > > [email protected] > > > > http://m5sim.org/mailman/listinfo/m5-dev > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > m5-dev mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://m5sim.org/mailman/listinfo/m5-dev > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > m5-dev mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://m5sim.org/mailman/listinfo/m5-dev > > > > > _______________________________________________ > m5-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://m5sim.org/mailman/listinfo/m5-dev >
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