Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2004 11:31:48 -0800 (PST) From: Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org> 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: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0401141130570.12875-100000@InterJet.elischer.org> In-Reply-To: <xzpn08qr4i1.fsf@dwp.des.no>
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On Wed, 14 Jan 2004, Dag-Erling [iso-8859-1] Sm=F8rgrav wrote: > des@des.no (Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav) writes: > > I don't know what -m does >=20 > judging from the source code, it causes any attempt to write to or > read from the console to silently discard all data. >=20 > note that console !=3D ttyv0, so you'll still get a login prompt. It's for embedded devices (e.g. Interjet :-) that have either no consloe or little lcd consoles. >=20 > DES > --=20 > Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav - des@des.no > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org= " >=20
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