h6. [[Hardware Abstraction Layer]] h6(. [[HAL entry points from RISC OS]] h6((. » HAL_PlatformName h2. HAL_PlatformName h5. (HAL entry #97) <pre> const char *HAL_PlatformName(void) </pre> |_<. Entry | | |- | | |_<. Exit | | |- | Returns a NULL terminated string describing the platform | h4. Use The string is an untranslated free form name of the HAL used for diagnostics information such as crash dumps. Suggestions include the [[Acorn Project Codenames|project codename]] or built up from installed options "Buxton/SA1500/H264 decode" or similar uniqueness. User software should always use [[OS_ReadSysInfo 9]] instead of calling the HAL directly. h6. Information source: Kernel.s.Middle in CVS