Date: Fri, 06 Feb 2015 10:01:50 -0500 From: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> To: Ed Maste <emaste@freebsd.org> Cc: "svn-src-head@freebsd.org" <svn-src-head@freebsd.org>, "svn-src-all@freebsd.org" <svn-src-all@freebsd.org>, "src-committers@freebsd.org" <src-committers@freebsd.org>, Garrett Cooper <ngie@freebsd.org>, NGie Cooper <yaneurabeya@gmail.com> Subject: Re: svn commit: r278249 - head/etc/rc.d Message-ID: <15908040.5vEeS6v7ok@ralph.baldwin.cx> In-Reply-To: <CAPyFy2DkXEQZd-mYcH=tAc3HRCTG3vfwzEm94M9w4WtLXwgR_w@mail.gmail.com> References: <201502051138.t15BcUlj070663@svn.freebsd.org> <CAGHfRMDr0P83jB_ws-JiCi7O3vUFSnEjbr12Q3hjZyVsX-D9qg@mail.gmail.com> <CAPyFy2DkXEQZd-mYcH=tAc3HRCTG3vfwzEm94M9w4WtLXwgR_w@mail.gmail.com>
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On Thursday, February 05, 2015 10:49:45 PM Ed Maste wrote: > On 5 February 2015 at 18:32, NGie Cooper <yaneurabeya@gmail.com> wrote: > > I guess I was just propagating around the original assumption that > > using moused is tied to just syscons(4). You and emaste are right > > though -- these tools should build and install when MK_LEGACY_CONSOLE > > != no || MK_VT != no (or invent a different build knob to make the > > intent of the tools clearer instead of copy-pasting that pattern > > around the tree). > > We already have a knob to control these tools -- LEGACY_CONSOLE. The > three related console knobs are: > > LEGACY_CONSOLE - kbdcontrol, moused, etc. which support both > syscons(4) and vt(4) > SYSCONS - key maps, fonts, etc. for syscons(4) > VT - key maps, fonts, etc. for vt(4) > > LEGACY_CONSOLE may be poorly named, but just adding || MK_VT != no > isn't correct. Eliminating it, and using MK_SYSCONS != no || MK_VT != > no might be. Using "legacy" for the brand new console driver we haven't even shipped as on- by-default in a release yet certainly seems a misnomer. Perhaps you mean something like VIDCONSOLE (to borrow loader's name), VIDEO_CONSOLE, or GRAPHICS_CONSOLE? -- John Baldwin
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