2 * console.c: Routines that deal with sending and receiving IO
3 * to/from the current console device using the PROM.
5 * Copyright (C) 1995 David S. Miller (davem@caip.rutgers.edu)
8 #include <linux/types.h>
9 #include <linux/kernel.h>
10 #include <linux/sched.h>
11 #include <asm/openprom.h>
12 #include <asm/oplib.h>
13 #include <asm/system.h>
14 #include <linux/string.h>
16 /* Non blocking get character from console input device, returns -1
17 * if no input was taken. This can be used for polling.
25 local_irq_save(flags
);
26 i
= (*(romvec
->pv_nbgetchar
))();
27 local_irq_restore(flags
);
28 return i
; /* Ugh, we could spin forever on unsupported proms ;( */
31 /* Non blocking put character to console device, returns -1 if
35 prom_nbputchar(char c
)
40 local_irq_save(flags
);
41 i
= (*(romvec
->pv_nbputchar
))(c
);
42 local_irq_restore(flags
);
43 return i
; /* Ugh, we could spin forever on unsupported proms ;( */
46 /* Blocking version of get character routine above. */
51 while((character
= prom_nbgetchar()) == -1) ;
52 return (char) character
;
55 /* Blocking version of put character routine above. */
59 while(prom_nbputchar(c
) == -1) ;
63 /* Query for input device type */
65 /* Query for output device type */