Date: Mon, 10 May 2004 00:20:15 -0700 From: "David O'Brien" <obrien@freebsd.org> To: Gavin Atkinson <gavin.atkinson@ury.york.ac.uk> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Multiple console support for loader(8) Message-ID: <20040510072015.GB46619@dragon.nuxi.com> In-Reply-To: <20040509195304.U21997@ury.york.ac.uk> References: <1083337414.828.7.camel@buffy.york.ac.uk> <20040509195304.U21997@ury.york.ac.uk>
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On Sun, May 09, 2004 at 07:58:55PM +0100, Gavin Atkinson wrote: > OK, I've had a lot of positive feedback about this both on and off the > list so have gone ahead and finished the patch off. I've updated the file > at http://www.devrandom.co.uk/freebsd/bootmulti.diff and submitted PR > kern/66425 to keep track of it. I have included the same changes to the > PC98 code (although this is untested) and have updated boot(8) and > loader(8). I have not touched other platforms as I have no idea if they > need it, but I suspect amd64 may need similar changes. I'm happy to code a > patch for this if someone will confirm that it is necessary. It is necessary. For things related to boot (and firmware), amd64 is identical to i386. -- -- David (obrien@FreeBSD.org)
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