| 1 | TODO List for Chameleon Boot Loader␊ |
| 2 | ====================================␊ |
| 3 | - Fix boot prompt parsing.␊ |
| 4 | ␊ |
| 5 | - Bring code closer to coding_standards.txt.␊ |
| 6 | ␊ |
| 7 | - Fix the module system when booting chameleon with multiboot. Cleanup the xcode 4 fix.␊ |
| 8 | ␊ |
| 9 | - Integrate Prasys current work on options and quick shortcut modified version of 18seven␊ |
| 10 | ␊ |
| 11 | - Add auto detection of efi string algorithm, so graphics enabler can be enabled by default while not␊ |
| 12 | conflicting with other efi string overridden content␊ |
| 13 | (original idea of Galaxy)␊ |
| 14 | ␊ |
| 15 | - Case insensitive parsing for the bootConfig options:␊ |
| 16 | should help the common/novice user to setup more easily.␊ |
| 17 | ␊ |
| 18 | ␊ |
| 19 | ====================================␊ |
| 20 | ␊ |
| 21 | DONE␊ |
| 22 | ␊ |
| 23 | - Create a dummy module for any modules that are compiled in. This is needed for linking modules with␊ |
| 24 | dependencies that are not compiled in.␊ |
| 25 | ␊ |
| 26 | - Add a more sophisticated acpi loading mechanism to enable loading custom acpi tables when dsdtdrop=y␊ |
| 27 | Here's a specification to think about:␊ |
| 28 | First we must care about if a forced DSDT full path has been specified␊ |
| 29 | (was what pb smith had in his first tries) and take it for the DSDT path as is.␊ |
| 30 | Then we have the case where no DSDT path was set where we run our usual DSDT search algorithm to␊ |
| 31 | find this file.␊ |
| 32 | In the latter case, the file has to be named DSDT.aml and be in one of the / /Extra or bt(0,0)/Extra␊ |
| 33 | directory.␊ |
| 34 | ␊ |
| 35 | Now a first idea to implement correctly the acpi tables loading would be:␊ |
| 36 | ␊ |
| 37 | Whether the path was hardcoded in the DSDT option or was automatically found, we extract the path part␊ |
| 38 | of the DSDT file that has been successfully found and we run a loop to enumerate all other acpi␊ |
| 39 | files in the same directory.␊ |
| 40 | Now for each acpi file found, we should compare the name with an existing acpi table found in␊ |
| 41 | the system that we would normally load and replace this usual injection by the content of the file.␊ |
| 42 | ␊ |
| 43 | Once DropDSDT=y is set, no other acpi table than dsdt is loaded, then it is the responsibility of the␊ |
| 44 | user to provide any other acpi table.␊ |
| 45 | ␊ |
| 46 | - Add a new module capable of writing proprietary Chameleon data to ioreg:␊ |
| 47 | Using the DT__xxx() API, we will create a set of functions to write␊ |
| 48 | to log info, chameleon boot info to be retrieved by helper applications...␊ |
| 49 | the only public function for log info purpose of this module would be:␊ |
| 50 | logMessageToIOREG(...); // var args printf style format␊ |
| 51 | flushLogToIOREG(); // store a unique log info property to the ioreg␊ |
| 52 | ␊ |
| 53 | The preferred internal behavior of the log info ioreg buffer␊ |
| 54 | would be to store the messages in a consolidated buffer then only write once,␊ |
| 55 | this buffer (i.e just before call the kernel) with flushLogToIOREG();␊ |
| 56 | The other public function for writing chameleon boot info data would be:␊ |
| 57 | ␊ |
| 58 | verbose() should incorporate a call to logMessageToIOREG() ␊ |
| 59 | to permit helper applications to extract␊ |
| 60 | this log info (i.e: the chameleon system pref pane)␊ |
| 61 | ␊ |
| 62 | - Add API for displaying and logging messages like:␊ |
| 63 | ␊ |
| 64 | void verbose(...)␊ |
| 65 | {␊ |
| 66 | ...␊ |
| 67 | logMessageToIOREG("%s: %sn", title, s);␊ |
| 68 | ␊ |
| 69 | }␊ |
| 70 | ␊ |
| 71 | void display_and_log( const char* title, const char* msg) ␊ |
| 72 | {␊ |
| 73 | printf("%s: %sn", title, s);␊ |
| 74 | logMessageToIOREG(title,s);␊ |
| 75 | }␊ |
| 76 | ␊ |
| 77 | void deprecated(const char * s)␊ |
| 78 | {␊ |
| 79 | display_and_log("WARNING: Deprecated option",s); ␊ |
| 80 | sleep(1); ␊ |
| 81 | }␊ |
| 82 | ␊ |
| 83 | void error_message(const char * s)␊ |
| 84 | {␊ |
| 85 | display_and_log("ERROR",s); ␊ |
| 86 | getc();␊ |
| 87 | }␊ |
| 88 | |
