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Date:      Fri, 30 Dec 2011 09:27:08 +0300
From:      Sergey Kandaurov <pluknet@gmail.com>
To:        Devin Teske <devin.teske@fisglobal.com>
Cc:        Garrett Cooper <yanegomi@gmail.com>, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: [PATCH] Fix kenv(1) output in w/respect to new boot loader variables
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On 28 December 2011 05:26, Devin Teske <devin.teske@fisglobal.com> wrote:
> D'Oh! Attached wrong (OLD; already applied) patch.
>
> Please find appropriate patch attached!

Hi.

I committed your patch to head as svn r228985.
Thank you!

>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Devin Teske [mailto:devin.teske@fisglobal.com]
>> Sent: Tuesday, December 27, 2011 5:24 PM
>> To: 'freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org'
>> Cc: Garrett Cooper; devin.teske@fisglobal.com
>> Subject: [PATCH] Fix kenv(1) output in w/respect to new boot loader vari=
ables
>>
>> Garrett Cooper and a few others have requested that I write a patch to f=
ix a
>> regression w/respect to kenv(1) output in FreeBSD-9.0 and HEAD.
>>
>> The issue is with the new boot loader menu. It adds many loader variable=
s
>> including ones that contain ANSI color escapes.
>>
>> Obviously, these ANSI codes don't play well with serial consoles when ke=
nv(1)
> is
>> executed without arguments (reports vary as to what happens, but it's ne=
ver
>> pretty).
>>
>> Attached is a patch to the Forth code that clears-out the menu-associate=
d
>> variables before invoking the kernel.
>>
>> The net-effect is that kenv(1) no longer reports menu-related variables.
>>
>> In essence, kenv(1) output should now appear the same as on RELENG_8 (wh=
ich
>> lacks the new boot loader and didn't use any such variables). Thus, rest=
oring
>> serial console glory.
>> --
>> Devin
>
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Great!

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wbr,
pluknet



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