Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2004 05:57:49 +1100 (EST) From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> To: Dag-Erling =?iso-8859-1?q?Sm=F8rgrav?= <des@des.no> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Question on quieting kernel boot Message-ID: <20040115055324.D3205@gamplex.bde.org> In-Reply-To: <xzpr7y2r4n5.fsf@dwp.des.no> References: <BAY1-F45l5bhn1owOI00001afd6@hotmail.com> <xzpr7y2r4n5.fsf@dwp.des.no>
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On Wed, 14 Jan 2004, Dag-Erling [iso-8859-1] Smørgrav wrote: > "Rob MacGregor" <rob_macgregor@hotmail.com> writes: > > I take it that's the "-m" (mute the console) and "-v" (verbose) > > options? Where can I find details on exactly what these do? > > I don't know what -m does, but -v is what I was thinking of. It sets > a variable in the kernel (bootverbose). Parts of the kernel will > print additional information at boot time (and sometimes also at run > time) if bootverbose is non-zero. bootverbose is a general verboseness flags. It may be set on or off at any time after using the debug.bootverbose sysctl. It's only relationships with booting are: - it is bogusly named "bootverbose" - it can be set at boot time by booting with -v - more messages are normally printed at boot time than later, so there is more for the flag to affect at boot time. Brucehome | help
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