From owner-freebsd-hackers Sat Apr 29 09:07:58 1995 Return-Path: hackers-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) id JAA28290 for hackers-outgoing; Sat, 29 Apr 1995 09:07:58 -0700 Received: from sequent.kiae.su (sequent.kiae.su [144.206.136.6]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) with SMTP id JAA28284 for ; Sat, 29 Apr 1995 09:07:53 -0700 Received: by sequent.kiae.su id AA11978 (5.65.kiae-2 ); Sat, 29 Apr 1995 20:04:56 +0400 Received: by sequent.KIAE.su (UUMAIL/2.0); Sat, 29 Apr 95 20:04:55 +0400 Received: (from ache@localhost) by astral.msk.su (8.6.8/8.6.6) id UAA02096; Sat, 29 Apr 1995 20:03:43 +0400 To: Peter Dufault , "Jordan K. Hubbard" Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.org, rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com References: <199504291441.KAA13651@hda.com> In-Reply-To: <199504291441.KAA13651@hda.com>; from Peter Dufault at Sat, 29 Apr 1995 10:41:33 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: Organization: Olahm Ha-Yetzirah Date: Sat, 29 Apr 1995 20:03:42 +0400 X-Mailer: Mail/@ [v2.32 FreeBSD] From: "Andrey A. Chernov, Black Mage" X-Class: Fast Subject: Re: What I'd *really like* for 2.0.5 Lines: 24 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Length: 1042 Sender: hackers-owner@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk In message <199504291441.KAA13651@hda.com> Peter Dufault writes: >> The goal being to get principle probe messages on one line again and >> to display the various parameters using the SAME naming conventions used >> in userconfig to minimize confusion. Some examples: >> >> sc0: Syscons Console Driver, port 0x60-0x6f, irq 1 [VGA color] on ISA. >> sc0: [16 virtual consoles] >Or (switching to use the current devconf descriptions): >sc0: Graphics console [VGA color, 16 consoles]: port 0x60-0x6f, irq 1 on ISA >"Graphics console" is the description now in kern devconf. >A possible new "more detail" entry is "VGA color, 16 consoles". Speaking of syscons, you miss "flags 0xXX" which change cursor shape and should be reported too. -- Andrey A. Chernov : And I rest so composedly, /Now, in my bed, ache@astral.msk.su : That any beholder /Might fancy me dead - FidoNet: 2:5020/230.3 : Might start at beholding me, /Thinking me dead. RELCOM Team,FreeBSD Team : E.A.Poe From "For Annie" 1849