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[ui] Add progress dots while waiting on any foreground job

Print one dot per second while waiting in monojob.c (e.g. for DHCP,
for file downloads, etc.), to inform user that the system has not
locked up.

Patch contributed by Andrew Schran <aschran@google.com>, minor
modification by me.
tags/v0.9.4
Michael Brown 16 years ago
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1 changed files with 10 additions and 3 deletions
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      src/core/monojob.c

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src/core/monojob.c View File

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 #include <gpxe/keys.h>
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 #include <gpxe/keys.h>
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 #include <gpxe/job.h>
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 #include <gpxe/job.h>
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 #include <gpxe/monojob.h>
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 #include <gpxe/monojob.h>
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+#include <gpxe/timer.h>
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 /** @file
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 /** @file
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  *
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  *
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 int monojob_wait ( const char *string ) {
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 int monojob_wait ( const char *string ) {
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 	int key;
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 	int key;
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 	int rc;
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 	int rc;
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+	tick_t last_progress_dot;
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-	printf ( "%s... ", string );
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+	printf ( "%s.", string );
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 	monojob_rc = -EINPROGRESS;
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 	monojob_rc = -EINPROGRESS;
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+	last_progress_dot = currticks();
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 	while ( monojob_rc == -EINPROGRESS ) {
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 	while ( monojob_rc == -EINPROGRESS ) {
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 		step();
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 		step();
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 		if ( iskey() ) {
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 		if ( iskey() ) {
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 				break;
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 				break;
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 			}
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 			}
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 		}
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 		}
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+		if ( ( currticks() - last_progress_dot ) > TICKS_PER_SEC ) {
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+			printf ( "." );
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+			last_progress_dot = currticks();
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+		}
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 	}
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 	}
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 	rc = monojob_rc;
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 	rc = monojob_rc;
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 done:
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 done:
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 	if ( rc ) {
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 	if ( rc ) {
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-		printf ( "%s\n", strerror ( rc ) );
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+		printf ( " %s\n", strerror ( rc ) );
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 	} else {
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 	} else {
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-		printf ( "ok\n" );
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+		printf ( " ok\n" );
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 	}
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 	}
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 	return rc;
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 	return rc;
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 }
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 }

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