From owner-freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Sun Mar 17 12:56:11 2019 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A888B15395BB for ; Sun, 17 Mar 2019 12:56:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from doralitze@chaotikum.org) Received: from mail.chaotikum.net (mail.chaotikum.net [IPv6:2a01:4f8:160:3067::9]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E9B5A76D6B for ; Sun, 17 Mar 2019 12:56:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from doralitze@chaotikum.org) Received: from cryingsilvertomb.technikradio.org (dialin-212-144-081-053.pools.arcor-ip.net [212.144.81.53]) by mail.chaotikum.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 63E91A23E51 for ; Sun, 17 Mar 2019 13:55:59 +0100 (CET) Subject: Re: hw.vga.acpi_ignore_no_vga=1 for installation media To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org References: From: Leon Christopher Dietrich Openpgp: preference=signencrypt Autocrypt: addr=doralitze@chaotikum.org; keydata= mDMEWtHUghYJKwYBBAHaRw8BAQdADiq7m5rFo5SGrzdtwaAD2CKcTYyCG64PX70zTq+WTgm0 M0xlb24gQ2hyaXN0b3BoZXIgRGlldHJpY2ggPGRvcmFsaXR6ZUBjaGFvdGlrdW0ub3JnPoiW BBMWCAA+FiEEQeNAFBlbshh/yWC93qL1fUgfdPUFAlrR1IICGwMFCQlmAYAFCwkIBwIGFQoJ CAsCBBYCAwECHgECF4AACgkQ3qL1fUgfdPVPbAEA8ams4Q5IOf0R4shKMzd7YLvjsjaafoFh Ja3/VM2fqaQA/iSsTi6IulicfUZrOmrsBARB29a7I2C7dvVXsJYUIXINtDNMZW9uIENocmlz dG9waGVyIERpZXRyaWNoIDx0ZWNobmlrcmFkaW9AaWNsb3VkLmNvbT6IlgQTFggAPhYhBEHj QBQZW7IYf8lgvd6i9X1IH3T1BQJa0dVCAhsDBQkJZgGABQsJCAcCBhUKCQgLAgQWAgMBAh4B AheAAAoJEN6i9X1IH3T1njsBALkJwsUpZ9rAwoS4EdByW7dPk+UoOQnSa3YRNQMzQQdqAP4z MPYG+Q2S9KYlJ/F785Ua2pQwbdt1eaOtwfj0xnKPBrg4BFrR1IISCisGAQQBl1UBBQEBB0D/ 8vFbITqE8nmVs/ukO84/qT1Il704fgCKrnWszPCeDQMBCAeIfgQYFggAJhYhBEHjQBQZW7IY f8lgvd6i9X1IH3T1BQJa0dSCAhsMBQkJZgGAAAoJEN6i9X1IH3T1BAgBAL1ysO9CDYw6lbVU gmHILJB7KRuozhFGg7NcJcBPXdbzAQC6oylZ9aOafxOgEWVwKgxw+VRHAMUwVxBUdpqTqY7F BQ== Message-ID: Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2019 13:55:54 +0100 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:60.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/60.5.3 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="dYFVrKIm1ML27l0odzmz5toF01vcN9PtV" X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: E9B5A76D6B X-Spamd-Bar: --- Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-3.49 / 15.00]; RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[]; HAS_ATTACHMENT(0.00)[]; TO_DN_NONE(0.00)[]; MX_GOOD(-0.01)[mail.chaotikum.net]; SIGNED_PGP(-2.00)[]; RECEIVED_SPAMHAUS_PBL(0.00)[53.81.144.212.zen.spamhaus.org : 127.0.0.11]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_NA(0.00)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:24940, ipnet:2a01:4f8::/29, country:DE]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+,1:+,2:+]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-1.000,0]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000,0]; MIME_GOOD(-0.20)[multipart/signed,multipart/mixed,text/plain]; IP_SCORE(-0.83)[ipnet: 2a01:4f8::/29(-2.17), asn: 24940(-1.95), country: DE(-0.01)]; PREVIOUSLY_DELIVERED(0.00)[freebsd-stable@freebsd.org]; AUTH_NA(1.00)[]; RCPT_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; DMARC_NA(0.00)[chaotikum.org]; NEURAL_SPAM_SHORT(0.55)[0.550,0]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[9.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.7.6.0.3.0.6.1.0.8.f.4.0.1.0.a.2.list.dnswl.org : 127.0.10.0]; R_SPF_NA(0.00)[]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; RCVD_TLS_ALL(0.00)[] X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2019 12:56:12 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 4880 and 3156) --dYFVrKIm1ML27l0odzmz5toF01vcN9PtV Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="hxwAqwS7SRTx0VeRq06LOigSYcyON2e1W"; protected-headers="v1" From: Leon Christopher Dietrich To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Message-ID: Subject: Re: hw.vga.acpi_ignore_no_vga=1 for installation media References: In-Reply-To: --hxwAqwS7SRTx0VeRq06LOigSYcyON2e1W Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Language: en-US Sound's like solid idea. A lot of systems out there lack propper ACPI description for VGA and it would definitly make the installation on such a system much more easy. As far as I can tell it doesn't seam to break other things and even low power system without VGA (like a pcengines apu2) don't seam to suffer. On 17.03.19 13:00, FreeBSD-stable-request@freebsd.org wrote: > Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2019 02:59:12 +0700 > From: Eugene Grosbein > To: FreeBSD stable > Subject: hw.vga.acpi_ignore_no_vga=3D1 for installation media > Message-ID: <912fc95d-5a5e-012b-7385-0f43f50dca65@grosbein.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=3Dkoi8-r > > Hi! > > Since 11.2-RELESE, default console driver vt(4) checks ACPI table for p= resence of VGA in the system. > It does not initialize console (no input, no output) if ACPI states the= re is no VGA adapter. > > There are PRs describing many cases when VGA is present but ACPI lies > and we have a regression compared with 11.1 and earlier: > FreeBSD cannot be installed interactively onto such a system, leaving a= side serial console. > > vt(4) has loader knob to restore pre-11.2 behaviour and ignore ACPI: > > hw.vga.acpi_ignore_no_vga=3D1 > > Should we add this unconditionally to the installation media designed f= or interactive VGA-based installation? > > > ------------------------------ > --hxwAqwS7SRTx0VeRq06LOigSYcyON2e1W-- --dYFVrKIm1ML27l0odzmz5toF01vcN9PtV Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iHUEARYIAB0WIQRB40AUGVuyGH/JYL3eovV9SB909QUCXI5D3gAKCRDeovV9SB90 9bICAQCPpL1lqiLvy1PWE9zD6J5/mI7EULEMxbQF9f1ID2K1PgEAzVs5wKXrC377 iCiwpv/6NQO1JAflS/m99bqOa5PD9g4= =RQrp -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --dYFVrKIm1ML27l0odzmz5toF01vcN9PtV--