Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2004 15:41:53 +0100 From: Gavin Atkinson <gavin.atkinson@ury.york.ac.uk> To: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org> Cc: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sbin/reboot boot_i386.8 Message-ID: <1096555312.3073.34.camel@buffy.york.ac.uk> In-Reply-To: <20040930102140.GA57540@ip.net.ua> References: <200409300915.i8U9FXpq055863@repoman.freebsd.org> <1096537395.3073.24.camel@buffy.york.ac.uk> <20040930102140.GA57540@ip.net.ua>
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On Thu, 2004-09-30 at 11:21, Ruslan Ermilov wrote: > 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 > > > > > > Modified files: > > > sbin/reboot boot_i386.8 > > > Log: > > > FreeBSD has full support for multiple consoles since 2001. > > > > 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). > > > > If there is a way for dual console support to be enabled in a default > > install, it should probably be documented somewhere. > > > 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=" 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.) OK. Sorry about the misunderstanding. I was under the impression that "boot -D" still isn't passed through to the kernel, and that only a single console would be used unless boot_multicons is set. I'll have to try it again :) Gavin
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