From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 28 10:38:05 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B275516A417 for ; Fri, 28 Dec 2007 10:38:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from des@des.no) Received: from tim.des.no (tim.des.no [194.63.250.121]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6958F13C455 for ; Fri, 28 Dec 2007 10:38:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from des@des.no) Received: from tim.des.no (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by spam.des.no (Postfix) with ESMTP id B6A8420BD; Fri, 28 Dec 2007 11:37:56 +0100 (CET) X-Spam-Tests: AWL X-Spam-Learn: disabled X-Spam-Score: -0.1/3.0 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.3 (2007-08-08) on tim.des.no Received: from ds4.des.no (des.no [80.203.243.180]) by smtp.des.no (Postfix) with ESMTP id 99FF020BB; Fri, 28 Dec 2007 11:37:56 +0100 (CET) Received: by ds4.des.no (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 835BE8449B; Fri, 28 Dec 2007 11:37:56 +0100 (CET) From: =?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= To: Chuck Robey References: <476AF132.4080304@chuckr.org> <86abo1g2pu.fsf@ds4.des.no> <476EA521.9020707@chuckr.org> <20071224131425.GF23337@cicely12.cicely.de> <47715E1F.9080502@chuckr.org> <86sl1qikam.fsf@ds4.des.no> <477440A2.4070601@chuckr.org> Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2007 11:37:56 +0100 In-Reply-To: <477440A2.4070601@chuckr.org> (Chuck Robey's message of "Thu\, 27 Dec 2007 19\:17\:38 -0500") Message-ID: <86sl1n14vv.fsf@ds4.des.no> User-Agent: Gnus/5.110006 (No Gnus v0.6) Emacs/22.1 (berkeley-unix) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: FreeBSD-Hackers , ticso@cicely.de Subject: Re: printing boot probe messages X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2007 10:38:05 -0000 Chuck Robey writes: > Anyhow, in the midst of all the screwing around, I now find that, on the > Ascii-graphics FreeBSD loader UI, if I choose Option #5 (verbose loading) > then the printing of the regular probe messages starts back up (this is N= OT > the verbose probe messages, it's the printing of the regular probing > messages.) I have to admit, I don't clearly know the difference, in > setting the variables, between verbose loading the verbose probing. I kn= ow > the difference in what prints, but I don't know how to set this up > permanently without getting me that verbose probing, which I would like to > avoid. I have absolutely no idea what "verbose loading" and "verbose probing" mean. All I know of is the boot_verbose loader variable, which enables additional kernel messages. It does not affect the way the kernel is loaded, or the way devices are probed. DES --=20 Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav - des@des.no