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Subject: Re: Trimming the default /boot/device.hints
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on 06/02/2009 18:43 John Baldwin said the following:
> On Friday 06 February 2009 10:22:35 am Andriy Gapon wrote:
>> on 06/02/2009 16:37 John Baldwin said the following:
>>> Yes, it only needs the hint for it to be a console device.
>>>
>> I am slightly confused as to how that hint works then, it's not like a
>> standard isa hint it seems.
>> Can it somehow be built-in (into the code)?
> 
> Specifically, look at sc_cnprobe() in sys/dev/syscons/syscons.c.  It calls a 
> sc_cons_get_priority() routine that on x86 maps lives in 
> sys/isa/syscons_isa.c.  This checks for a syscons hint.  Changing it to 
> always assume a unit 0 would probably allow this to work.
> 

Mid-air collision detected :-)

-- 
Andriy Gapon