Date: Thu, 23 Jan 1997 20:56:28 -0700 (MST) From: Don Yuniskis <dgy@rtd.com> To: jkh@time.cdrom.com (Jordan K. Hubbard) Cc: dgy@rtd.com, freebsd-hackers@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: suggestion for kernel printk() ? Message-ID: <199701240356.UAA05644@seagull.rtd.com> In-Reply-To: <6454.854070716@time.cdrom.com> from "Jordan K. Hubbard" at Jan 23, 97 05:51:56 pm
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> > But, apparently the kernel image no longer contains the complete > > text of the kernel configuration file! :-( This sure had made it easier > > to backtrack in the past. Presumably, this has been removed to make the > > kernel's footprint smaller? > > You need to explicitly select this feature now. From LINT: > > # This allows you to actually store this configuration file into > # the kernel binary itself, where it may be later read by saying: > # strings /kernel | grep ^___ | sed -e 's/^___//' > MYKERNEL > # > options INCLUDE_CONFIG_FILE # Include this file in kernel (sigh) This wasn't available in the 2.1 release. ;-) [but it's reintroduction later is welcomed news!] I'd still like to know of any good workarounds to pause the scrolling of the diagnostic messages at the *initial* stage of the boot (i.e. after the kernel image has been loaded). Thanks! --don
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