Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2004 19:17:53 -0700 From: Scott Long <scottl@freebsd.org> To: David Xu <davidxu@freebsd.org> Cc: cvs-all@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/boot/i386/loader Makefile loader.rc Message-ID: <41AA86D1.7070105@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <41AA850E.9010208@freebsd.org> References: <200411290132.iAT1WAse056942@repoman.freebsd.org> <41AA850E.9010208@freebsd.org>
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David Xu wrote: > Scott Long wrote: > >> scottl 2004-11-29 01:32:10 UTC >> >> FreeBSD src repository >> >> Modified files: >> sys/boot/i386/loader Makefile Removed files: >> sys/boot/i386/loader loader.rc Log: >> Disable the beastie menu. It offends some and annoys everyone else, >> and I'm >> frankly tired of the controversy. When people ask me why FreeBSD >> isn't user- >> friendly, I'll tell them that I tried. RIP. >> Revision Changes Path >> 1.77 +1 -1 src/sys/boot/i386/loader/Makefile >> 1.3 +0 -17 src/sys/boot/i386/loader/loader.rc (dead) >> >> > The main problem is broken ACPI code will cause kernel to crash > at booting time, my AMD64 machine constantly crashes at the time > when I am typing. If one day, a broken ACPI code is committed, and > I forget what exactly words like: hint...acpi.0.disablexxx=1 should > be set, I will can not boot it until I go to another machine and type > "man acpi", how about if he is a newbie? :-( > > David > > > For the past 1+ years I've recieved nothing but complaints from developers who have told me that the beastie menu was silly, unprofessional, annoying, and/or confusing. I originally created it precisely because ACPI was causing significant problems. I was also getting tired of telling people how to get 'bootverbose' set, so I figured that a nice menu that took care of these problems would be a good thing to have. I made it as non-obtrusive as possible; it responds to the same keys and the same variables as the non-menu prompt, and it delays the boot for exactly the same period of time. I liked it and I had plans to make it more useful by allowing you to control the serial console settings and have it search out and offer to boot alternate kernels, but I have better things to do with my time that defend it and tell people how to turn it off. For those who think that ease-of-use is important, please accept my apologies. Scott
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