Date: Sun, 9 Feb 2025 13:15:43 -0700 From: Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> To: paige@paige.bio Cc: "freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org" <hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: bootverbose; persist bootverbose at boot Message-ID: <CANCZdfriABAZG=-hnjLHmUBQKt-Q5SX-zDQJVw09vPwPeArtyQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <D7E60473-FD33-4D9B-9A74-FFAC089303B5@paige.bio> References: <82E15749-E2A0-4B56-847E-1E60EF4F3607@paige.bio> <CANCZdfqBhbbwA=rkS2g2rfvCnkvJkeSpUe9c2hvDFs=cjg10mQ@mail.gmail.com> <D7E60473-FD33-4D9B-9A74-FFAC089303B5@paige.bio>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Sun, Feb 9, 2025, 11:31 AM <paige@paige.bio> wrote: > > boot_verbose=yes in loader.conf. > > Yes—thank you I found that, mentioned in a previous e-mail, I just looked > at the Lua source in stand/ and found it. But yeah, I noticed at least one > other person from a Google search that was trying to figure out how to do > that, everything points to the menu or the prompt (-v) being the only two > options. Tunable I assume you mean via sysctl that might also be useful, > too but I was just going to say the documentation for loader.conf > specifically: > > https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?loader.conf(5) > > It would be nice if it were mentioned in there, too. > Already pushed a fix before your email to add it.. Warner -P > > > > On Feb 9, 2025, at 10:18 AM, Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > On Sun, Feb 9, 2025 at 9:56 AM <paige@paige.bio> wrote: > > Anybody know how to do this or if you can? Really sucks I keep having to > go wait for the boot loader (bios is slow to wait on) hit 7 then hit 6 > backspace 1 > > > > boot_verbose=yes in loader.conf. > > > > debug.bootverbose can be set at runtime with sysctl (I should make that > a tuneable as well, but it isn't today). I should also add it to > loader.conf(5). It's way more important than verbose_loading which is > limited to being verbose around loading klds. > > > > It's obscurely documented in loader.efi(8): > > boot flag loader variable Kernel RB_ flag > > -a boot_askme RB_ASKNAME > > -c boot_cdrom RB_CDROM > > -d boot_ddb RB_KDB > > -r boot_dfltroot RB_DFLTROOT > > -D boot_multiple RB_MULTIPLE > > -m boot_mute RB_MUTE > > -g boot_gdb RB_GDB > > -h boot_serial RB_SERIAL > > -p boot_pause RB_PAUSE > > -P boot_probe RB_PROBE > > -s boot_single RB_SINGLE > > -v boot_verbose RB_VERBOSE > > but it also works for BIOS booting. The loader man pages are a mess. A > lot of that is my fault. You can set any of the above to "yes" or "no". > > > > Warner > > > > > > [-- Attachment #2 --] <div dir="auto"><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Feb 9, 2025, 11:31 AM <paige@paige.bio> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">> boot_verbose=yes in loader.conf.<br> <br> Yes—thank you I found that, mentioned in a previous e-mail, I just looked at the Lua source in stand/ and found it. But yeah, I noticed at least one other person from a Google search that was trying to figure out how to do that, everything points to the menu or the prompt (-v) being the only two options. Tunable I assume you mean via sysctl that might also be useful, too but I was just going to say the documentation for loader.conf specifically: <br> <br> <a href="https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?loader.conf(5)" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?loader.conf(5)</a><br>; <br> It would be nice if it were mentioned in there, too.<br></blockquote></div></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Already pushed a fix before your email to add it.. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Warner</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> -P<br> <br> <br> > On Feb 9, 2025, at 10:18 AM, Warner Losh <<a href="mailto:imp@bsdimp.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">imp@bsdimp.com</a>> wrote:<br> > <br> > <br> > <br> > On Sun, Feb 9, 2025 at 9:56 AM <paige@paige.bio> wrote:<br> > Anybody know how to do this or if you can? Really sucks I keep having to go wait for the boot loader (bios is slow to wait on) hit 7 then hit 6 backspace 1<br> > <br> > boot_verbose=yes in loader.conf.<br> > <br> > debug.bootverbose can be set at runtime with sysctl (I should make that a tuneable as well, but it isn't today). I should also add it to loader.conf(5). It's way more important than verbose_loading which is limited to being verbose around loading klds.<br> > <br> > It's obscurely documented in loader.efi(8):<br> > boot flag loader variable Kernel RB_ flag<br> > -a boot_askme RB_ASKNAME<br> > -c boot_cdrom RB_CDROM<br> > -d boot_ddb RB_KDB<br> > -r boot_dfltroot RB_DFLTROOT<br> > -D boot_multiple RB_MULTIPLE<br> > -m boot_mute RB_MUTE<br> > -g boot_gdb RB_GDB<br> > -h boot_serial RB_SERIAL<br> > -p boot_pause RB_PAUSE<br> > -P boot_probe RB_PROBE<br> > -s boot_single RB_SINGLE<br> > -v boot_verbose RB_VERBOSE<br> > but it also works for BIOS booting. The loader man pages are a mess. A lot of that is my fault. You can set any of the above to "yes" or "no".<br> > <br> > Warner<br> > <br> > <br> <br> </blockquote></div></div></div>home | help
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