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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
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