From owner-svn-src-head@FreeBSD.ORG Sun May 4 23:44:54 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-src-head@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4A41539D; Sun, 4 May 2014 23:44:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: from i3mail.icecube.wisc.edu (i3mail.icecube.wisc.edu [128.104.255.23]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1BFB41E80; Sun, 4 May 2014 23:44:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by i3mail.icecube.wisc.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9D7D9383D1; Sun, 4 May 2014 18:44:52 -0500 (CDT) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at icecube.wisc.edu Received: from i3mail.icecube.wisc.edu ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (i3mail.icecube.wisc.edu [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10030) with ESMTP id xHkWUIcO94YB; Sun, 4 May 2014 18:44:52 -0500 (CDT) Received: from comporellon.tachypleus.net (polaris.tachypleus.net [75.101.50.44]) by i3mail.icecube.wisc.edu (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 4A823383D0; Sun, 4 May 2014 18:44:51 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <5366D0F1.4010805@freebsd.org> Date: Sun, 04 May 2014 16:44:49 -0700 From: Nathan Whitehorn User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.4.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Marcel Moolenaar Subject: Re: svn commit: r262957 - in head/etc: etc.arm etc.ia64 etc.mips etc.powerpc etc.sparc64 References: <201403092106.s29L6M3D056313@svn.freebsd.org> <53608DAF.7070606@freebsd.org> <03B7BFB3-4472-4612-9AD7-F3B8D478813F@xcllnt.net> In-Reply-To: <03B7BFB3-4472-4612-9AD7-F3B8D478813F@xcllnt.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: svn-src-head@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, Marcel Moolenaar , src-committers@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: svn-src-head@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: SVN commit messages for the src tree for head/-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 04 May 2014 23:44:54 -0000 On 05/04/14 16:42, Marcel Moolenaar wrote: > On Apr 29, 2014, at 10:44 PM, Nathan Whitehorn wrote: > >> On 03/09/14 14:06, Marcel Moolenaar wrote: >>> Author: marcel >>> Date: Sun Mar 9 21:06:22 2014 >>> New Revision: 262957 >>> URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/262957 >>> >>> Log: >>> Change the terminal type/class for enabled serial lines to 3wire. This >>> allows us to change the uart(4) driver to not hardcode specific line >>> settings for the serial console. >>> A terminal type of 3wire makes sure the console still works when no DCD >>> signal is present, which preserves behviour. When it is known that the >>> terminal server (or DCE in general) provides DCD, a terminal type/class >>> of std can be used. This has the effect of being logged out when one >>> disconnects from the console -- improving security overall. >>> Likewise, when uart(4) does not fixate the baudrate, one can change >>> the terminal type/class to set a specific baudrate. An operator can use >>> this to change the console speed mid-flight, without needing a reboot. >>> Of course it helps in this respect if and when the firmware can be >>> configured from the OS. >>> The above mentioned capabilities depend on uart(4) being changed, which >>> is to happen next. >>> >> Should we set onifconsole for x86 UARTs as well? That enables them if they are the kernel console and is probably a user friendliness improvement. > Sorry for the delay... > > I think that's a very good idea. I wasn't even aware of this > flag. We could mark all ttyu# lines as onifconsole by default > across all architectures and if that unifies the contents of > the /etc/ttys file, revert back to a single one... > A single ttys file would be fantastic! Could you take the lead here? I'm pretty busy at the moment. -Nathan