Date: Mon, 09 Feb 2009 15:28:30 +0200 From: Andriy Gapon <avg@icyb.net.ua> To: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Trimming the default /boot/device.hints Message-ID: <49902F7E.3080202@icyb.net.ua> In-Reply-To: <200902061155.48705.jhb@freebsd.org> References: <200901260947.32870.jhb@freebsd.org> <498C55BB.3030606@icyb.net.ua> <200902061143.10088.jhb@freebsd.org> <200902061155.48705.jhb@freebsd.org>
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on 06/02/2009 18:55 John Baldwin said the following:
> On Friday 06 February 2009 11:43:09 am John Baldwin wrote:
>> On Friday 06 February 2009 10:22:35 am Andriy Gapon wrote:
>>> on 06/02/2009 16:37 John Baldwin said the following:
>>>> Yes, it only needs the hint for it to be a console device.
>>>>
>>> I am slightly confused as to how that hint works then, it's not like a
>>> standard isa hint it seems.
>>> Can it somehow be built-in (into the code)?
>> Specifically, look at sc_cnprobe() in sys/dev/syscons/syscons.c. It calls a
>> sc_cons_get_priority() routine that on x86 maps lives in
>> sys/isa/syscons_isa.c. This checks for a syscons hint. Changing it to
>> always assume a unit 0 would probably allow this to work.
>
> Something like this (untested):
>
> --- //depot/user/jhb/acpipci/isa/syscons_isa.c
> +++ /home/jhb/work/p4/acpipci/isa/syscons_isa.c
> @@ -238,8 +238,10 @@
> *flags = f;
> }
> }
> - if (*unit < 0)
> - return CN_DEAD;
> + if (*unit < 0) {
> + *unit = 0;
> + *flags = 0;
> + }
> #if 0
> return ((*flags & SC_KERNEL_CONSOLE) ? CN_INTERNAL : CN_NORMAL);
> #endif
>
>
Tested this patch - works great! - I am "hints free" now :-)
This was stable/7, r188116, i386.
--
Andriy Gapon
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