Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2004 13:21:40 +0300 From: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org> To: Gavin Atkinson <gavin.atkinson@ury.york.ac.uk> Cc: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sbin/reboot boot_i386.8 Message-ID: <20040930102140.GA57540@ip.net.ua> In-Reply-To: <1096537395.3073.24.camel@buffy.york.ac.uk> References: <200409300915.i8U9FXpq055863@repoman.freebsd.org> <1096537395.3073.24.camel@buffy.york.ac.uk>
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--LQksG6bCIzRHxTLp Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Sep 30, 2004 at 10:43:15AM +0100, Gavin Atkinson wrote: > On Thu, 2004-09-30 at 10:15, Ruslan Ermilov wrote: > > ru 2004-09-30 09:15:33 UTC > >=20 > > Modified files: > > sbin/reboot boot_i386.8=20 > > Log: > > FreeBSD has full support for multiple consoles since 2001. >=20 > I don't believe this is true. It is something I have implemented in the > past (see http://docs.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?4092A8EB.5090709 and PR > kern/66425). >=20 > If there is a way for dual console support to be enabled in a default > install, it should probably be documented somewhere. >=20 Um, your patch is about multiple consoles support in loader(8), which is, while related, is not about what I have touched. What I have touched was a stale comment that kernel does not support multiple consoles. Setting "boot_multicons=3D" in /boot/loader.conf, or using "boot -D" in the loader(8) will enable it. (I'm working on updating the documentation in this respect.) Cheers, --=20 Ruslan Ermilov ru@FreeBSD.org FreeBSD committer --LQksG6bCIzRHxTLp Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFBW940qRfpzJluFF4RAl7fAKCacKtVFY5D4jzpih1+KIifJqqObgCdH5RI hvhlTzFpQ7T1+hz5xfL225U= =zNdd -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --LQksG6bCIzRHxTLp--
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