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Julius Werner authored
This patch overhauls the console API to allow for multiple console instances of different drivers that are active at the same time. Instead of binding to well-known function names (like console_core_init), consoles now provide a register function (e.g. console_16550_register()) that will hook them into the list of active consoles. All console operations will be dispatched to all consoles currently in the list. The new API will be selected by the build-time option MULTI_CONSOLE_API, which defaults to ${ERROR_DEPRECATED} for now. The old console API code will be retained to stay backwards-compatible to older platforms, but should no longer be used for any newly added platforms and can hopefully be removed at some point in the future. The new console API is intended to be used for both normal (bootup) and crash use cases, freeing platforms of the need to set up the crash console separately. Consoles can be individually configured to be active active at boot (until...
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