Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2026 10:27:53 +0000 From: bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org To: bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: [Bug 292595] loader.conf.5: "console" setting does not document multi-value possiblity Message-ID: <bug-292595-227@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>
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https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=292595 Bug ID: 292595 Summary: loader.conf.5: "console" setting does not document multi-value possiblity Product: Base System Version: 16.0-CURRENT Hardware: Any OS: Any Status: New Severity: Affects Some People Priority: --- Component: conf Assignee: bugs@FreeBSD.org Reporter: michaelo@FreeBSD.org Looking at "man 5 loader.conf" console gives the impression that only one console type can be set, but: ./man/loader.efi.8 $ grep -r -E '" ?console"' . ./common/console.c: prefconsole = getenv("console"); ./common/console.c: unsetenv("console"); /* we want to replace this */ ./common/console.c: env_setenv("console", EV_VOLATILE, prefconsole, cons_set, ./common/metadata.c: if (!strcmp(getenv("console"), "comconsole")) ./common/metadata.c: if (!strcmp(getenv("console"), "nullconsole")) ./efi/loader/bootinfo.c: console = getenv("console"); ./efi/loader/main.c: setenv("console", "efi,comconsole", 1); ./efi/loader/main.c: setenv("console", "efi", 1); ./efi/loader/main.c: setenv("console", "comconsole", 1); ./efi/loader/main.c: if (strcmp(getenv("console"), "efi") == 0) { ./efi/loader/main.c: setenv("console", "comconsole", 1); ./efi/loader/main.c: setenv("console", "efi comconsole", 1); ./efi/loader/main.c: setenv("console", "comconsole efi", 1); ./efi/loader/main.c: printf(" Console: %s (%#x)\n", getenv("console"), howto); ./forth/support.4th: s" console" getenv ./forth/support.4th: taddr tlen s" console" setenv ./forth/support.4th: taddr swap s" console" setenv ./forth/support.4th: caddr clen s" console" setenv \ restore console setup ./forth/support.4th: s" console" getenv dup -1 <> if ./forth/support.4th: s" console" getenv ./i386/libi386/bootinfo.c: string = next = strdup(getenv("console")); ./i386/libi386/comconsole.c: cons = getenv("console"); ./i386/loader/main.c: setenv("console", "comconsole vidconsole", 1); ./i386/loader/main.c: setenv("console", "vidconsole comconsole", 1); ./i386/loader/main.c: setenv("console", "comconsole", 1); ./i386/loader/main.c: setenv("console", "nullconsole", 1); ./lua/core.lua: local c = loader.getenv("console") ./lua/core.lua: local c = loader.getenv("console") ./lua/drawer.lua: local console = loader.getenv("console") ./lua/drawer.lua: loader.setenv("console", c) ./lua/drawer.lua: loader.setenv("console", console) ./userboot/userboot/bootinfo.c: string = next = strdup(getenv("console")); $ grep -r -E '".console"' . ./forth/support.4th: s" console" getenv ./forth/support.4th: taddr tlen s" console" setenv ./forth/support.4th: taddr swap s" console" setenv ./forth/support.4th: caddr clen s" console" setenv \ restore console setup ./forth/support.4th: s" console" getenv dup -1 <> if ./forth/support.4th: s" console" getenv imply that both comma and space separation is supported: $ grep -r console= --exclude-dir=contrib . Binary file ./.git/objects/pack/pack-ea4b7946fd8dcbbfdf535a928cb659aac4fef470.pack matches ./cddl/usr.sbin/dwatch/dwatch: )" -v want="$column" -v console="$CONSOLE" ' ./cddl/usr.sbin/dwatch/dwatch: -v console="$CONSOLE" \ ./cddl/usr.sbin/dwatch/dwatch: -v console="$CONSOLE" \ ./libexec/rc/rc.d/syscons:_sc_console= ./libexec/rc/rc.d/syscons: _sc_console="vt" ./libexec/rc/rc.d/syscons: _sc_console="syscons" ./release/tools/azure.conf:console="comconsole efi vidconsole" ./release/tools/gce.conf:console="comconsole,vidconsole" ./release/tools/openstack.conf: echo 'console="comconsole vidconsole"' >> ${DESTDIR}/boot/loader.conf ./release/tools/basic-ci.conf:console="comconsole,vidconsole" ./release/tools/basic-cloudinit.conf:console="comconsole,vidconsole" ./share/examples/bhyve/vmrun.sh:console=${DEFAULT_CONSOLE} ./share/examples/bhyve/vmrun.sh: console=${OPTARG} ./share/examples/bhyve/vmrun.sh: console_opt="-o console=${console}" ./share/man/man4/uart.4:.Dl hw.uart.console="io:0x2f8,br=115200" ./stand/defaults/loader.conf:#console="vidconsole" # A comma separated list of console(s) ./stand/kboot/README: -append "console=ttyS0" ./stand/kboot/README: -append "console=ttyAMA0" ./tests/ci/tools/ci.conf:console="comconsole,vidconsole" ./tools/boot/full-test.sh:hw.uart.console="io:1016,br:115200" ./tools/boot/full-test.sh: amd64) bin=x64 cons="console=ttyS0,115200" ;; ./tools/boot/full-test.sh: -append "console=ttyAMA0" \\ ./tools/test/stress2/misc/all.sh:console=/dev/console ./tools/test/stress2/misc/all.sh:{ console=/dev/null; kill -9 $pid; } ./tools/tools/nanobsd/pcengines/common.conf: echo "console=\"comconsole\"" > boot/loader.conf ./tools/tools/nanobsd/rescue/common:# echo "console=\"comconsole\"" > boot/loader.conf ./usr.sbin/bhyve/bhyve.8:bhyve -c 2 -s 0,hostbridge -s 1,virtio-blk,/my/image -o console=stdio \\ Manpage has to be changed. I struggled with this yesterday on a machine I wanted to access via Serial-over-LAN. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.home | help
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