Date: Mon, 2 May 2011 23:25:21 +0200 From: Olivier Smedts <olivier@gid0.org> To: Devin Teske <dteske@vicor.com> Cc: Zhihao@freebsd.org, Freddie@freebsd.org, Losh@freebsd.org, Dieter@freebsd.org, Warner@freebsd.org, Yuan@freebsd.org, mwm@mired.org, Devin@freebsd.org, Teske@freebsd.org, Fleuriot@freebsd.org, Block@freebsd.org, Artem@freebsd.org, Meyer@freebsd.org, Mike@freebsd.org, Jason@freebsd.org, SMEDTS@freebsd.org, Erol@freebsd.org, Alexander@freebsd.org, Damien@freebsd.org, Sanliturk@freebsd.org, Schenkeveld@freebsd.org, Mehmet@freebsd.org, Doug@freebsd.org, Hellenthal@freebsd.org, BSD@freebsd.org, Paul@freebsd.org, FreeBSD Hackers <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org>, Warren@freebsd.org, Leidinger@freebsd.org, Robison@freebsd.org, Belevich@freebsd.org, Cash@freebsd.org, Barton@freebsd.org, Dave@freebsd.org, Olivier@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [UPDATE] New Boot-Loader Menu -- version 1.1 Message-ID: <BANLkTinr42HAK4QoVKce8gp7oPQpQstBBQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <9B387DE4-6866-4208-A8FC-6516D651F6A5@vicor.com> References: <9B387DE4-6866-4208-A8FC-6516D651F6A5@vicor.com>
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2011/5/2 Devin Teske <dteske@vicor.com>: > NOTE: Apologies if this comes through multiple times. I'm having problems getting this e-mail to appear on the list. > > Hi again, fellow hackers, > > First, I'd like to thank all of you for the input and suggestions that you provided. > > Things are moving fast and nimble here. With over 1,000 lines of code changed (in one single 24-hour period), I'd like to announce an update to my advanced boot-loader menu. This version (1.1) attempts to address all community requests. > > You can grab the updated code here: > http://druidbsd.sourceforge.net/ > or > http://druidbsd.sourceforge.net/download/loader_menu-1.1.tgz Using it right now. Great :) What would you think of using the "bw" variant of a logo when loader_color="NO" ? Oh forget that, I tried without a loader_logo setting, and it seems to be the case with the default orb. It was only strange with my previous setting of loader_logo="beastie", without the new "loader_color" setting. The previous loader behavior when an unknown key was pressed was to reset the delay to the autoboot_delay value. And it also worked with, for examble, the arrow keys. I appreciated it, like I appreciate your "Space to pause" ! Do you know why this loader displays "ACPI Support: Disabled" on my 9-CURRENT amd64 computer when it really seems to be enabled ? Note acpi.ko is not loaded, it's in the GENERIC kernel. > loader_menu_timeout="N" > > Timeout in seconds (N) until the menu aborts, causing the system to > autoboot with the displayed options. Default is 10 seconds. Pressing > any key during the duration will cancel the timeout. Could you add a compatibility shim for the actual autoboot_delay variable ? > dc_seconds="N" > > By default, loader_menu introduces a 2-second delay before launching > the menu for improved debugging abilities. This option customizes the > duration (setting it to zero disables the delay). However, it is worth > noting that pressing ENTER anytime during the delay will preempt the > duration, launching the menu immediately upon keypress. For consistency with all the logo_* variables, what would you think of using something like loader_delay instead of dc_seconds ? (and yes, I know, autoboot_delay doesn't begin with "loader_", but it was there before ;) Many thanks ! -- Olivier Smedts _ ASCII ribbon campaign ( ) e-mail: olivier@gid0.org - against HTML email & vCards X www: http://www.gid0.org - against proprietary attachments / \ "Il y a seulement 10 sortes de gens dans le monde : ceux qui comprennent le binaire, et ceux qui ne le comprennent pas."
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