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Date:      Fri, 06 Feb 2009 19:05:13 +0200
From:      Andriy Gapon <avg@icyb.net.ua>
To:        John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org>
Cc:        freebsd-arch@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Trimming the default /boot/device.hints
Message-ID:  <498C6DC9.8020700@icyb.net.ua>
In-Reply-To: <200902061155.48705.jhb@freebsd.org>
References:  <200901260947.32870.jhb@freebsd.org> <498C55BB.3030606@icyb.net.ua> <200902061143.10088.jhb@freebsd.org> <200902061155.48705.jhb@freebsd.org>

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on 06/02/2009 18:55 John Baldwin said the following:
> On Friday 06 February 2009 11:43:09 am John Baldwin wrote:
>> 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.
> 
> Something like this (untested):

I am not sure, but maybe, just in case, also add
sc_get_softc(0,0) != NULL
check?
I guess device_get_softc returns NULL for non-attached/unknown devices.

> --- //depot/user/jhb/acpipci/isa/syscons_isa.c
> +++ /home/jhb/work/p4/acpipci/isa/syscons_isa.c
> @@ -238,8 +238,10 @@
>  			*flags = f;
>  		}
>  	}
> -	if (*unit < 0)
> -		return CN_DEAD;
> +	if (*unit < 0) {
> +		*unit = 0;
> +		*flags = 0;
> +	}
>  #if 0
>  	return ((*flags & SC_KERNEL_CONSOLE) ? CN_INTERNAL : CN_NORMAL);
>  #endif
> 
> 


-- 
Andriy Gapon



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