Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2003 17:45:15 -0400 (EDT) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org> Cc: current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: i386/loader compiled with NOFORTH Message-ID: <XFMail.20030424174515.jhb@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20030424182540.GA64750@sunbay.com>
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On 24-Apr-2003 Ruslan Ermilov wrote: > On Thu, Apr 24, 2003 at 02:21:17PM -0400, John Baldwin wrote: >> >> On 24-Apr-2003 Ruslan Ermilov wrote: >> > On 5.x, loader(8) compiled with -DNOFORTH, results in >> > a system without a console. This does not affect the >> > RELENG_4. >> > >> > Can someone who knows this code please look into it? >> >> No kernel console or no loader console? The usual problem with >> no kernel console on 5.x is lack of device.hints. >> > No kernel console. The device.hints, it's there under /boot; > I only reinstalled loader(8) with -DNOFORTH, and this gave me > "no console" behavior. Can you try it locally? Since device.hints is read in by Forth code, I wouldn't be surprised if it didn't work. When you break into the 10 second countdown, do you have any hints set in the loader environment? -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/
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