From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sun May 9 11:58:58 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DDA3316A4CE for ; Sun, 9 May 2004 11:58:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail-gw0.york.ac.uk (mail-gw0.york.ac.uk [144.32.128.245]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2336C43D58 for ; Sun, 9 May 2004 11:58:58 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gavin.atkinson@ury.york.ac.uk) Received: from ury.york.ac.uk (ury.york.ac.uk [144.32.108.81]) by mail-gw0.york.ac.uk (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i49IwtEi007016 for ; Sun, 9 May 2004 19:58:55 +0100 (BST) Received: from ury.york.ac.uk (localhost.york.ac.uk [127.0.0.1]) by ury.york.ac.uk (8.12.9p2/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i49IwtX2022531 for ; Sun, 9 May 2004 19:58:55 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from gavin.atkinson@ury.york.ac.uk) Received: from localhost (gavin@localhost)i49Iwts8022528 for ; Sun, 9 May 2004 19:58:55 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from gavin.atkinson@ury.york.ac.uk) X-Authentication-Warning: ury.york.ac.uk: gavin owned process doing -bs Date: Sun, 9 May 2004 19:58:55 +0100 (BST) From: Gavin Atkinson X-X-Sender: gavin@ury.york.ac.uk To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <1083337414.828.7.camel@buffy.york.ac.uk> Message-ID: <20040509195304.U21997@ury.york.ac.uk> References: <1083337414.828.7.camel@buffy.york.ac.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-York-MailScanner: Found to be clean Subject: Re: Multiple console support for loader(8) X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 09 May 2004 18:58:59 -0000 On Fri, 30 Apr 2004, Gavin Atkinson wrote: > For a while I have been frustrated that the /boot.config -D option only > works for the boot1/2 and has no effect in the loader. > > http://www.devrandom.co.uk/freebsd/bootmulti.diff contails patches to > support multiple consoles in the loader, and allows a single -D option > in /boot.config to give dual console support to the bootblocks, the > loader and the kernel. OK, I've had a lot of positive feedback about this both on and off the list so have gone ahead and finished the patch off. I've updated the file at http://www.devrandom.co.uk/freebsd/bootmulti.diff and submitted PR kern/66425 to keep track of it. I have included the same changes to the PC98 code (although this is untested) and have updated boot(8) and loader(8). I have not touched other platforms as I have no idea if they need it, but I suspect amd64 may need similar changes. I'm happy to code a patch for this if someone will confirm that it is necessary. Gavin