From nobody Fri Nov 21 17:57:23 2025 X-Original-To: dev-commits-src-branches@mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4dCjbm1F3sz6HX9m for ; Fri, 21 Nov 2025 17:57:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from git@FreeBSD.org) Received: from mxrelay.nyi.freebsd.org (mxrelay.nyi.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:3]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256 client-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "mxrelay.nyi.freebsd.org", Issuer "R12" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4dCjbm076Mz3MDg for ; Fri, 21 Nov 2025 17:57:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from git@FreeBSD.org) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=freebsd.org; s=dkim; t=1763747844; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding; bh=R2Z1KW7Ms2hK5LO9dERplIbXsYMvpvsFIL/WGZAoFrs=; b=BukQHIX8mmVyNDphawZCq3w3ts8AH8pb9foXAG0w2vcUy7Y59VEw1F+W6Zq11bS1/UJwHm ecwjXkyLUDPfW/z2gXihs37Os7XEeADG0gk6lNaAoLtGfycoBwx02PhwXCodnkSGugzTUE wCswQMv0iVqXidC7TlQNhjrCI1l9bMHVnSw+WfBoCeFz+ML55iJdl0QTZwyqJvkV+HMSe7 L9A94f8n95HveODyVo2URxyJHcJK0CHbrSvEWZyhsfX8dCNxPhmbfghdqN84Kq4dlIRbP6 FPLlkQBIoMFSB2f+NSy6uTVmpiE/tf44N6pOVsiCZYSR1fRUO1/5BwVpdem5yw== ARC-Message-Signature: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=freebsd.org; s=dkim; t=1763747844; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding; bh=R2Z1KW7Ms2hK5LO9dERplIbXsYMvpvsFIL/WGZAoFrs=; b=BkVa4ar6AHis2Ci4ZqmDJzEWkjb8PtFYXh6yzPuBUfbPqnceMLIwf1AlYkX0A5b1MP1rkf KEegKqY+O234cBHog/toYI4/L6CUKEb0Us7k53kG4VoaEmNB0sBj3KAvEDzcrXPWzQDfck i4VFgBuD1GHxBcn+S3mSky4MH4XbMelDznRJ5kv0/qkh/qbD4gX4xH4U96PVuOuVoZ0YHK o0bFrBRY1h6YOUOch9ctMmS6b10ELT91lbgR4qwRHpSGQ7iz4N3Kvv7RdIxqf5wn9hppHn UPjDSa3uiqxjBmT/i1YlCHp3XJXDFa3hPY7wi+7UdZ907kuPuq06Xk9ILEMPXg== ARC-Seal: i=1; s=dkim; d=freebsd.org; t=1763747844; a=rsa-sha256; cv=none; b=Ir9fzJAmOMFaM7UZfpwYarPPGfZAVmqGi6CHcITSrPh0kCowNRRUmVBRWM8L5/K/yQ5PFU evNINCiSl2Mq1hyBnD0e1hwobPaTBI1qecINjt5cxtdCr/OkrkhPd4JenAIOpZ4OT3lXTL KjLLDZAH+X0xnJUSmPHFT05aPd6wCMKXuCzolvmTxynCvLawRg7+HK9TdxYnJjGjDj4ROi HmopqeR82WmFEOwM9zoR7Z554pDwX8czjbt0l8rq6u0ywcDLtUVkQwlWBJ18WnTEBiV/9M 0gwvR869pOEaN9yRd7bUQ34yJ8ep4CAamJ5wdnk33HEufP7jYjuwRUa9LGwW3Q== ARC-Authentication-Results: i=1; mx1.freebsd.org; none Received: from gitrepo.freebsd.org (gitrepo.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:6068::e6a:5]) by mxrelay.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4dCjbl5wVgz70S for ; Fri, 21 Nov 2025 17:57:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from git@FreeBSD.org) Received: from git (uid 1279) (envelope-from git@FreeBSD.org) id ee54 by gitrepo.freebsd.org (DragonFly Mail Agent v0.13+ on gitrepo.freebsd.org); Fri, 21 Nov 2025 17:57:23 +0000 To: src-committers@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-src-all@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-src-branches@FreeBSD.org From: Alexander Ziaee Subject: git: 3035855815c2 - stable/15 - loader manuals: Clarify console and boot_serial List-Id: Commits to the stable branches of the FreeBSD src repository List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/dev-commits-src-branches List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-BeenThere: dev-commits-src-branches@freebsd.org Sender: owner-dev-commits-src-branches@FreeBSD.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Git-Committer: ziaee X-Git-Repository: src X-Git-Refname: refs/heads/stable/15 X-Git-Reftype: branch X-Git-Commit: 3035855815c2fdbe27b65b9ec0374f4583ceb3f5 Auto-Submitted: auto-generated Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2025 17:57:23 +0000 Message-Id: <6920a803.ee54.7fa85734@gitrepo.freebsd.org> The branch stable/15 has been updated by ziaee: URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=3035855815c2fdbe27b65b9ec0374f4583ceb3f5 commit 3035855815c2fdbe27b65b9ec0374f4583ceb3f5 Author: Alexander Ziaee AuthorDate: 2025-11-14 14:41:57 +0000 Commit: Alexander Ziaee CommitDate: 2025-11-21 17:56:56 +0000 loader manuals: Clarify console and boot_serial console=comconsole is for the loader and boot_serial is for the kernel. I think we should centralize documentation on the loader settings in one manual, such a loader.8. The current proliferation is not obvious where to find the documentation. To the user, these are all set in loader.conf or at the loader prompt. MFC after: 3 days Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D53695 (cherry picked from commit 09ffaa4e07d749c83cc1db13829505f21b025f29) --- stand/defaults/loader.conf.5 | 3 +++ stand/man/loader_simp.8 | 4 ++-- 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/stand/defaults/loader.conf.5 b/stand/defaults/loader.conf.5 index b1661e8c1101..8c43bb62a135 100644 --- a/stand/defaults/loader.conf.5 +++ b/stand/defaults/loader.conf.5 @@ -343,6 +343,9 @@ selects the video console which prevents any input and hides all output replacing it with .Dq spinning character (useful for embedded products and such). +This setting is for the +.Xr loader 8 +only and does not set the kernel output. .It Va screen.font Set font size for framebuffer mode. The default font size is selected based on screen resolution. diff --git a/stand/man/loader_simp.8 b/stand/man/loader_simp.8 index 683ca8b2da5d..52cb598fdd89 100644 --- a/stand/man/loader_simp.8 +++ b/stand/man/loader_simp.8 @@ -358,8 +358,8 @@ in .Xr kenv 1 , not for any particular value. .It Va boot_serial -Force the use of a serial console even when an internal console -is present. +Force the use of a serial console for the kernel +even when an internal console is present. .It Va boot_single Prevents the kernel from initiating a multi-user startup; instead, a single-user mode will be entered when the kernel has finished